. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Hurricane Hazel has not dimmed through the years. "We'd hoped to float to this sand dune that stood between the house and Davis Creek," Connie recalls. "But we didn't count on the winds shifting on the other side of the eye. Instead we were pushed across Davis Creek into the top of some scrub oaks that stood thirty feet off the ; After a few hours the waters began to recede. "It was like taking the stop- per out of a bathtub," she says. "If we hadn't had those tree
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Hurricane Hazel has not dimmed through the years. "We'd hoped to float to this sand dune that stood between the house and Davis Creek," Connie recalls. "But we didn't count on the winds shifting on the other side of the eye. Instead we were pushed across Davis Creek into the top of some scrub oaks that stood thirty feet off the ; After a few hours the waters began to recede. "It was like taking the stop- per out of a bathtub," she says. "If we hadn't had those trees to hold on to we would have been sucked out to ; After the hurricane had spent its energies and moved on, the Helms climbed from their tree-top perch and began their walk off the island. "The area was totally demolished," she says. "The dunes were leveled. It was like a scene out of one of those nineteen- fifties science-fiction ; Living through a hurricane as ferocious as Hazel taught Connie a healthy respect for the storms. She knows she was lucky to live through it; 19 other people didn't. "Being in a hurricane is not a thrill," she says. "People should pay attention to the warnings issued by the National Weather Service. They may not have control over the loss of their property or the savings they have invested in it, but they do have control over saving their own ; But there are only a few people like Connie Ledgett—people who have ex- perienced a hurricane—living along the North Carolina coast now. And this worries experts at the National Weather Service and the state Divi- sion of Emergency Management. They're afraid large portions of the coastal population, unaware of hurricane hazards, will not respond to hurricane warnings and evacuation notices. John Sanders, UNC Sea Grant's coastal weather awareness specialist, says as little as 10 to 15 percent of the present coastal population have any prior exper
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