(22 Aug 2025)
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Oregon Inlet, North Carolina – 22 August 2025
1. Wide of Jason Horton walking past checkpoint at foot of Marc Basnight Bridge on NC 12
2. Various of checkpoint
3. Mid of Horton getting T-shirt out of van (NATS) "Had to get a new shirt, ’cause, you know, I’ve been wearing this one for two days."
4. SOuNDBITE (English) Jason Horton, Hatteras Village Resident:
"What day are we at? Wednesday. Wednesday. I’ve been sitting here for two days."
5. Mid of Horton rummaging in van
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Horton, Hatteras Village Resident:
"I just should have stayed at the house. But other than that, they did the right thing. Most of the villages were flooded pretty bad. Most of the, all of the rental homes where people would be staying at, they would have been just stuck in the house anyway. You know, they couldn’t have gotten out if they were in the house. So, if you don’t live down here, don’t come down here during a storm. It’s not fun and games."
7. Mid of flashing lights on police vehicle
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Hilty, Pennsylvania Tourist:
"I was hoping to get on Bonnie Pier over here to fish."
Reporter: "What are you fishing for?’
Hilty: "Anything that bites. Mainly blues or Spanish, but I’ll take anything at this point. It’s been a dead week."
9. Wide of hurricane flag flying at U.S. Coast Guard Station
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Hilty, Pennsylvania Tourist:
"It is what it is, at that point. I understand that point. So, I’m OK with it. Other than I wish I could’ve been on THAT side of the road close instead of this side. But that’s OK."
11. Mid of hurricane flag flapping
12. Wide of family walking on Coquina Beach
13. Various of birds flying across beach and waves
14. Wide of people on beach with dunes and sea oats in foreground
15. Tight of sea oats with person in background
16. Wide of waves crashing
STORYLINE:
Jason Horton has been waiting at a checkpoint since Wednesday to get back to his home on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. He’ll have to wait a bit longer.
That barrier island and other parts of the Outer Banks remain closed due to damage from Hurricane Erin. Although the storm stayed 200 miles offshore, its waves punched through dunes and covered parts of NC 12 in sand and water.
That two-lane ribbon of asphalt is the only road in.
Officials cannot yet say whether the road itself was damaged. But they can’t let people back in until they clear away the debris and drain off the seawater.
"I just should have stayed at the house," said Horton, who lives in Hatteras Village and works for a fish processor.
He’s been staying at a nearby hotel and had to buy a T-shirt to replace the one he’s been wearing since Wednesday. But he thinks authorities made the right choice to close the road.
"Most of the villages were flooded pretty bad. Most of the, all of the rental homes where people would be staying at, they would have been just stuck in the house anyway," he said. "So, if you don’t live down here, don’t come down here during a storm. It’s not fun and games."
Dave Hilty and his family came down last week from Ford City, Pennsylvania. He was hoping to do some fishing, but Erin had other plans.
"I’m OK with it," he said as he walked away from the roadblock at the foot of the Marc Basnight Bridge. "Other than I wish I could’ve been on THAT side of the road close instead of this side."
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