Ophelia

Another hurricane, Ophelia, is currently striking the North Carolina coast. Based on this recent photo, it's hitting right at Cape Lookout, which is very close to Morehead City, where UNC has its Institute of Marine Sciences, where I spent the summer. (Cape Lookout is the little point on the coast sitting just inside the eye at about the 1 o'clock position).

I just looked at video of a pier on nearby Atlantic Beach being demolished by the waves.

Ophelia is only a category 1, with 85 mph sustained winds. However, it's extremely slow-moving, having meandered around the South Atlantic Bight for several days now. That means a great deal of flooding.