Orphelia Strengthens, No Worries in Ocracoke
Sep 13 2005, 22:27 EDT
Ocracoke Island, a tiny island on the outer banks completed evacuation as scheduled on Monday. The residents are hurricane veterans as the island's position and non-elevation put it in jeopardy from every storm. It isn't like New Orleans in most every way (although it is a vacation spot, I went there as a kid). The permenant population is tiny, as is the Ocracoke School (scroll down, 92 students K-12). That population is prepared, however - the AP article mentions no one checked into the emergency shelter (presumably because they have standing emergency plans).