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/ 15 September 2005
Hurricane Ophelia lashed the North Carolina coast with high winds and heavy rains, beginning an anticipated two-day assault that threatened serious flooding and a 3,3m storm surge. ”If you have not heeded the warning before, let me be clear right now: Ophelia is a dangerous storm,” Governor Mike Easley said.
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/ 12 September 2005
As Hurricane Ophelia churned off the North Carolina coast, Steve King grudgingly agreed to miss watching football on television to go down to the marina and move his sea kayak out of harm’s way. As he and his brother-in-law hoisted the kayak on to his Jeep, King said the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was on his mind.