Well...they got their headlines in before the worm turned: About the same time the article was posted they were reporting Arthur was then a Cat 1 & weakening fast.
Some of the most gorgeous weather comes in behind a hurricane, deep blue sky, nice breeze, warm not hot. Assuming the beach erosion was minimal and it should have been given the speed, and that power outages can be addressed quickly, the tourists evacuated inland may well be returning in time for fireworks in many areas of the OBX. Hope so, it’s a killer economically to take away tourist dollars over the 4th out there.