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Hurricane Earl Brings Back Ocracoke Memories Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:58 AM PDT A number of years ago I visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks for the first time and part of my trip was spent on the island of Ocracoke. What an enchanting place it was. The sultry weather; the wild horses; the few families that populated the place, resulting in the fact that many residents sported the same last name; the lights going out during a sudden, drenching tropical storm. I stayed in an inn created from the old lightkeeper’s house. Most interesting to me is that the island was once so isolated that some of the older folks still used Elizabethan English. In fact, the summer I was there, I rented a bike. As a I waited in line, I heard the proprietor say to the man in front of me, “That will be twelve dollars for the day, Sire.” So as I hear the Hurricane Earl evacuation orders include Ocracoke, I am hoping for the best for this little place.

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