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Hurricane bears down as residents hunker-in
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 6:25 AM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Updated: Sep 2, 2010 6:26 AM
As the most powerful storm to threaten the east coast in years bears down on the outer banks of North Carolina, tourists are fleeing for the mainland. But resolute residents are staying behind. Locals familiar with hurricanes say they are prepared to spend days stranded from the mainland.
Forecasters are trying to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands.
They also are trying to figure out if the storm would stay off the Northeast coast or bring hurricane-force winds to Long Island, the Boston metropolitan area and Cape Cod.
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