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OF LOCAL INTEREST
Welcome to the Crystal Coast in North Carolina! It is basically the coastline between Jacksonville and Atlantic, ‘Down East’. Beautiful, spacious, shallow sand beaches, a paradise for fishermen, and a pleasure for the rest of us to watch dolphins play in the water while pelicans and other birds fly up above
The weather? Well, here are the average high (F) temperatures:
Jan 55º
Feb 58º
Mar 65º
Apr 73º
May 79º
Jun 85º
Jul 89º
Aug 87º
Sep 83º
Oct 75º
Nov 67º
Dec 58º
We moved down here in September 1994, so you may wonder if the hurricanes didn’t give us a tough time? So far, we have encountered the followings boys and girls:
Bertha, July 1996
Fran, September 1996
Bonnie, August 1998
Dennis, September 1999
Floyd, September 1999
Isabel, September 2003
Charley, August 2004
Ophelia, September 2005
We watched them all - except Floyd - from our front door and have had no (zero !!!) damages to our home and no flooding! We’ve lost a couple of trees and some limbs, that’s all!
With Floyd, which looked awfully strong, we gave in to all the warnings and went to see our son Leif in Raleigh. Again, no damages here, but it took us 7 ½ hours to make the trip back home the next day. Most of the roads in eastern North Carolina were flooded!
This local interest section initially has the following stories - new ones to be added as required:
OCEAN SPRAY, OUR SUBDIVISION
The history, the current status, and the future of the subdivision where this web site resides.
GOOD HELP IS - SOMETIMES - HARD TO FIND
Stories and recommendations of local service providers who have proved to be much better than average.
LOCAL PICTURES
A growing collection of random pictures that Crystal Coast residents can relate to.
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