• Hurricane Irene Aftermath Update 9-6-11

    We have had a busy week getting put back together and ready for Hatteras Island to open back sometime in the near future.  We dropped off some supplies, pet food and snacks from the Frisco Market to the Town of Avon and Rodanthe yesterday.  Pets need to eat too.  We also snapped a few shots of Mirlo Beach at high tide.  From the photos you will see the workers working hard to put sand back into the split.

    You will also see the next few houses holding on for dear life while the Atlantic Ocean eats away at their pilings.  Oh, thats whats left of the blue house in the second photo.

    Hopefully Hurricane Katia doesn’t slow production to the road being fixed.   Thank You for checking in on us.  We will update as we get information.

     

  • Hurricane Irene Aftermath 9-5-11

    Hurricane Irene has caused a large amount of damage to homes in the Rodanthe,Waves and Salvo area on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This picture shows an aerial view of the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in North Rodanthe.  

    Avon village on Hatteras Island also had a fair amount of flooding.  I went up to Salvo village, part of the tri-village area of Rodanthe, Salvo and Waves, yesterday on my day off to see if I could help.  At the Salvo fire department, they told me that most of the residents that stayed had most of their houses already cleared out of carpet and contents that were ruined.  The volunteers have been great helping out all who needed it.  I was told that ripping out wet insulation and construction material under the home were the tasks that were left to do in some houses.  So that’s what I and the other volunteers did.  What a mess, but a very important task to do because of all the mold and rot that occurs with standing water in the floor.  I was also told that when the residents arrive, there will be a another wave of houses that will need the same work. All residents on Hatteras Island were allowed to start returning today at noon by ferry.  The work load will be huge once again.  

    I took a few photos with my phone on the way up to show some of the debris on the side of the road.  I was there to work, not to take pictures, so I quickly snapped a few.    

    Also is a picture of the rental house “Tailwinds,” taken by Don Bowers, at the end of Rondathe that was destroyed by the ocean waters on the morning around 8:30 at high tide on September 2.  

    We at Frisco Rod and Gun will up date any information as we get it.  Thank You

  • Some of Our few Customers

    The National Guard has been here since the day after the storm hit.   They have been helping out with supplies, food, water and a bit of order if needed.  Thankfully everyone has been helpful with the clean up effort.  Here the Guard is filling up the trucks the day after we got a new load of diesel and unleaded gas.

  • Frisco Pier Update 9-2-11

     

    I know a lot of our customers were interested if the Frisco Pier was in worse shape then before Hurricane Irene.  I have some Photgraphs of the pier as of this morning so you can make the call.

    Thank You for your posts.

     

  • Hurricane Irene Update 8-31-11

    We are doing well down on the southern end of Hatteras Island.  Here at the Frisco Rod and Gun we just had internet and cell service hooked back up.  Avon to Rodanthe took the worst hit.  Salvo, Waves, Rodanthe by far has the most damage by sound side flood waters, up to 10 feet in places.  We have multiple cuts in hwy 12 at Mirlo Beach and just north a little bit in Pea Island.  Two of them are considered inlets and the other ones are just washed out holding water.  We have a fuel truck that has just fill us back up with regular unleaded and diesel.  We have a grocery truck coming down sometime on Friday and UPS and the USPS service is running again.  Thank you to all of our customers and everyone who has been thinking of us.  Please keep the Salvo,Waves, Rodanthe and Avon residents in your prayers.  They have a long road ahead of them to get back to a normal way of life.  Any help for those residents would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank You.

     

     

     

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