Browsing: Hurricane Florence

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Heading South? Here Are Updates from Florence: What’s Open, and What’s Not

Heading South this fall? If so, or if you’re just planning a trip down the Intracoastal Waterway in the future, you’ll want to take a look at this comprehensive update on storm damage from Florence. Compiled by Waterway Guide and updated frequently, it tells you what’s open and what’s not along the way. The information comes from cruisers, marinas, the Coast Guard and Waterway Guide partners, and covers marinas, bridges, facilities and locks along the ICW. Marinas and bridges are listed by state, while navigation updates are provided for the affected areas: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida East Coast, Florida…

On Watch with Peter Janssen
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Flag Flying Over Frying Pan Shoal Tower During Florence Becomes Popular Symbol of Resilience By Peter A. Janssen Here’s a story about how one tattered American flag, flying over a former Coast Guard lighthouse off the coast of North Carolina, became a symbol of resilience and renewal during storm Florence. The Frying Pan Shoals lighthouse was built in 1854, about 39 miles off Southport and 32 miles from Bald Head Island, at the southern end of the shoals there. So many boats had broken apart on the shoals that the area was named the Graveyard of the Atlantic. On a…