[thackney]

[thackney]

Thousands still without power after Hurricane Arthur
http://www.wcti12.com/news/hurricane-arthur-already-causing-power-outages-in-enc/26789342
: 8:28 PM Jul 03 2014

As of 6 a.m. Friday, Duke Energy was still reporting that 13,199 customers were without power in Carteret County.

Meanwhile, 1,433 Duke Energy customers in Craven County were without power as of 6 a.m. Friday. Other counties in Duke energy’s service area include Pamlico (632 customers without power), Beaufort (90), Pender (75), Onslow (35), and Jones (1).

As for Tideland EMC, it was reporting that Hyde County had 3361 members without power as of 6 a.m. Friday, followed by Pamlico County (1987), Dare County (739), Craven County (647), Beaufort County (309), Other (13), and Washington County (2).

[FlJoePa]

Nice job by the state of NC. No panic - just common sense. Some states are obviously more capable of handling storms than others. I would put NC in that category.

[SamAdams76]

Looking at that map, you can see the vast lands that lie to the north of the U.S. (presumably Canada).

Probably cold and frozen most of the year but a landmass nevertheless.

Then if you look to the right, you will see Great Britain and the western fringes of Europe itself. Looks a lot closer from the vantage point of Newfoundland (also presumably part of Canada).