. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. l^you think that a white Christmas on the Outer Banks is unusual, you haven't been around as long as Ignatius Doylon Midgett — to friends. "An Easter Sunday snowfall in 1939 was the heaviest I can ever recall," he says. Midgett was about eight years old at the time of the holiday event. "Easter must have come early that year," he explains. "We had all just been to church when it began snowing. By night, we were snowed in. It was not a blizzard, but one of those gentle, quiet s
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. l^you think that a white Christmas on the Outer Banks is unusual, you haven't been around as long as Ignatius Doylon Midgett — to friends. "An Easter Sunday snowfall in 1939 was the heaviest I can ever recall," he says. Midgett was about eight years old at the time of the holiday event. "Easter must have come early that year," he explains. "We had all just been to church when it began snowing. By night, we were snowed in. It was not a blizzard, but one of those gentle, quiet snowfalls. The snowflakes were the size of silver ; Normal day-to-day activities were put on hold until the snow melted in a day or so. "We had no sleds, but we found other ways to enjoy the snow while it lasted," Midgett says. A snowstorm in 1946 also stands out in his mind. "My father was on leave from the Coast Guard Station at Chicamacomico. We plowed through the snow to hunt geese and ; Midgett, a retired ferry captain, says his adult winter memories are not so fond. He reports that, "Everything pretty much stops with Nor'easters. They can blow the water out of the sounds and pile it up as ice along the opposite ; That's how 82-year-old Roy White of Knotts Island remembers it in Currituck County as well. C o n t i n u. ill 11! M fill W ffmnffmnlnff -fflsniffl! 71 1;! J i pit ii i IS COASTWATCH. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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