All of Hatteras, Ocracoke islands on Outer Banks are without power

[mahatmakanejeeves]

All of Hatteras, Ocracoke islands on Outer Banks are without power - residents told to prepare for extended outage
2 hrs ago

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — All of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands along North Carolina's Outer Banks are without power, and authorities are advising residents and visitors to prepare for an extended outage.

Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative officials say the breaker at Oregon Inlet was tripped about 4:30 a.m. Thursday, causing the outage. Several hours later, crews found a fault on the transmission cable attached to the Bonner Bridge.

Officials say about 9,000 customers are without power on the two islands — about 7,700 on Hatteras and another 1,300 on Ocracoke.

They hope to bring diesel generators online, but they'll likely only be able to supply Buxton with power and only if people turn off air conditioning and reduce other electrical use.

[underpants]

1. Fire up the grill. Keeping the beverages cold is about to get REAL.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. ♡ eom

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Thanks for this, mahatmakanejeeves ♡ eom

[PJMcK]

4. Some power has been restored

We have a vacation/rental house on Ocracoke Island and we were able to call our neighbors early this Saturday morning. Some of the power has been restored to the Island and there are two 90,000 pound generators being brought online to help keep the power on. Not all of the vacationers have been forced to leave so it looks like the authorities are working furiously to keep the summer season going.

Thanks for your OP, mahatmakanejeeves. Enjoy your weekend!