Hurricane Isabel's Damage To Our Area

On September 19th, 2003 Hurricane Isabel made her appearance in Eastern North Carolina. I have the luxury of living on the shores of the Albemarle Sound about 45 miles from Cape Hatteras. Below you will see some photo's of what was to become our back yard after she swept through our County and neighborhood.

The Government declared my county Washington as a Federal Disaster Area. Estimated damage to Washington County was at last count 10 million dollars. It left more than 13,000 people without power here in Roper, Plymouth, and across the Sound in Edenton. Flooding was still a problem in the city of Creswell (where my husband works for many days after the storm). We spent about 12 days with no power, 10 with no phone and a horrible 14 with no Computer lol.

A big thank you to all the workers who came in from the surrounding states to help us get our power restored, and to Ann Keyes, our Emergency Management Coordinator, for a wonderful job done as well as our Mayor and all public officials. We were blessed that with this catastrophic storm no loss of life or injuries were incurred.
These are pictures of before and during cleanup in my back yard and my neighbors yard.

  
Flooding
Our Neighbors



  
Neighbor's Living Room
Neighbor's Next Door




  
Our House To The Left
Our House To The Right



  
Piers Gone
Trees Down

  
Waterfront
What's Left Of Pier



  
Yard Facing Neighbors
Yard Near Water



  
Starting To Clean Up
More Of Cleaning Up



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Artwork by Penny Parker