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In This Earlybird Hurricane Edition:
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- ‘We’re in the Bull’s Eye’: Evacuation Orders Underway
- Popular New Jersey Restaurant Under Water, Flooded in Surge
- Stay or Go? A Year After Maria, Puerto Rico Has No Answer
- Boats & Habitat Soon to Return to Tickfaw River
- Wooden Boat Workshop Helps Combat Veterans Heal
Editor’s Note: Please send your Hurricane Florence photos, videos and news tips to Waterway Guide News Editor Lisa Suhay via news. Our news repository and stories will be updated throughout the storm and aftermath. |
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| “Florence is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday.” That’s unusual, for a storm to be so intense so far north, says Marshall Shepherd, Director of the University of Georgia’s atmospheric sciences program and former president of the American Meteorological Society. |
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| As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East coast, boat owners can start by tracking the storm with the free BoatUS.com/app (after downloading, go to settings to enable “push notifications” for your region). |
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| As of Monday evening, the emergency agency had positioned more than 80,000 liters of water, 402,000 meals, 1,200 cots and 34 generators at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina. |
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| Emergency officials in the Carolinas and Virginia gave evacuation orders to more than 1.25 million people Monday, including everybody along South Carolina’s 187-mile coastline. |
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| MANATI, PUERTO RICO — On days like this, high among banana tree mountains topped with cloud mist, the decision to stay feels like the right one. |
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| A combination of high tides, winds and moon cycles have caused some headaches over the past 24 hours along the southern Jersey shore. |
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| According to the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the ship will set sail November 17 and 18. The Star of India will sail through the San Diego Bay and head out of Point Loma. |
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| PORT TOWNSEND, WA — The smell of freshly cut wood and epoxy hung in the air at Point Hudson as boat builders began crafting their best seaworthy vessels. |
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| HOLDEN, LA — Fishing boats, canoes and kayaks will likely make their way back into the waterway now that crews are near completion of a $3.5 million waterway cleanup. |
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| Kure Beach, NC — As rip currents begin to impact the North Carolina coast ahead of Hurricane Florence, people on the coast are preparing for the storm. |
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| A hike on Angel Island several years back sparked Michael Chammout’s interest in sailing San Francisco’s premier racing event of the year, the Rolex Big Boat Series. |
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| The Veterans Wooden Boat Workshop at the Rondout Yacht Basin offers a unique therapeutic program that allows them to build a kayak on the banks of the Rondout Creek. |
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| CHESAPEAKE BAY — Numerous residents reported seeing this water spout on Sunday. Photo Courtesy of news. |
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