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1-Old-Man

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20. It won't take them long to blow enough sand out of the channel to regain use

Reply to taterguy (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 10:31 AM

Dec 2012

It will take along time to dredge the cannel properly but it won't take long to get it back to where it can be used plus there is more than one way to get to Ocracoke from Hatteras than the ferry channel. There are a number of slots you can run out to the west and there is deep enough water out there to turn south and come back into Silver Lake. I've done it several times; there's ten or twelve feet of water out there.

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Ocracoke - Hatteras ferry suspended due to shoaling [View all] taterguy Dec 2012 OP

Noooooo. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #1

Oh FFS taterguy Dec 2012 #5

Sorry. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #6

NC DOT had no choice taterguy Dec 2012 #21

Oh No!! malaise Dec 2012 #2

Obviously taterguy Dec 2012 #33

Given the number of small government types there, let them fix the Fing problem. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #3

It's a problem with shoaling, not fing taterguy Dec 2012 #4

I'm sorry. Chellee Dec 2012 #12

Look at a map and follow the money taterguy Dec 2012 #15

I blame oysters slackmaster Dec 2012 #7

Since when do oysters cause shoals? taterguy Dec 2012 #8

Read about what Chesapeake Bay used to be like slackmaster Dec 2012 #9

Ocracoke isn't anywhere near Chesapeake Bay taterguy Dec 2012 #10

I know. I've been there. slackmaster Dec 2012 #23

So are you retracting your oyster theory? taterguy Dec 2012 #25

I have one thing to say to you. slackmaster Dec 2012 #27

How eloquent taterguy Dec 2012 #28

It has appeal slackmaster Dec 2012 #29

Obstructionist GOP oysters! L0oniX Dec 2012 #30

Hyde County is Blue, Dare County is Red taterguy Dec 2012 #31

Is shoal like a school for slow people? shintao Dec 2012 #11

A shoal is something that fucks up the channel taterguy Dec 2012 #13

It's a hebrew school. trof Dec 2012 #35

I've taken that Ferry formercia Dec 2012 #14

Of course there's not much traffic taterguy Dec 2012 #26

It's all Blackbeard's fault. kwassa Dec 2012 #16

Clogged channels are what attracted Blackbeard to the area taterguy Dec 2012 #17

My brother goes down every year in September. Last year, Hatteras. kwassa Dec 2012 #18

Can't blame that one on pirates taterguy Dec 2012 #19

It won't take them long to blow enough sand out of the channel to regain use 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #20

What the fuck is a cannel? taterguy Dec 2012 #22

It's like a horse, but with one or two hunnps on its back JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #24

or an old man with arthritic hands and no spell check 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #32

Sorry, I can't resist calling out typos taterguy Dec 2012 #34