September 3, 2010: Earl Was a Girl

We decided to ride out the hurricane at the beach house.  I admit it would have proven a very stupid move if the hurricane had actually hit the OBX where we were with its full strength, but then again, I'd also bet that if there were a strong chance of that happening, they would have asked the locals to leave too.

We did our best to barricade the media room and set it up as our safe room in case we needed it.  We didn't.

There was a bit of flooding in low-lying areas, but this was the worst I saw.

And as fast as the storm came, it was gone.  The kids definitely didn't let Earl spoil their fun.