. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Companions under a canopy of low clouds at Cape Hatteras Keeping an eye On the elements Ronald Craddock's right hand sweeps out toward the southeastern horizon, drawing a wavy, imaginary line of mounded, cumulus clouds. "When you see those clouds piling up to the southeast," he says, "you're in for some bad, stormy weather. My daddy used to call 'em the 'sand hills,' because that's what they looked like to ; In his seventy-six years in Mann's Harbor, spent mostly as a fisher- man, C
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Companions under a canopy of low clouds at Cape Hatteras Keeping an eye On the elements Ronald Craddock's right hand sweeps out toward the southeastern horizon, drawing a wavy, imaginary line of mounded, cumulus clouds. "When you see those clouds piling up to the southeast," he says, "you're in for some bad, stormy weather. My daddy used to call 'em the 'sand hills,' because that's what they looked like to ; In his seventy-six years in Mann's Harbor, spent mostly as a fisher- man, Craddock has seen his share of storms. And years before the weather began posing for satellite photo- graphs, Craddock was reading "the signs" and fore-. casting the Craddock weather. "You can get the weather on the radio nowadays," Craddock says, "but those old timers, they'd look at the ele- ; One sign in the night sky was un- canny: "If you see a circle around the moon, watch out," Craddock says. "And when there are stars inside the circle, you're looking for bad ; But the best sign-reading and forecasting of any generation can't of- fer warranties or rein in rough weather. In 1957, Craddock sat in a 32-foot shad boat and watched while a tornado danced toward him across the Albemarle Sound. "We thought out time had come," Craddock recalls. "We saw it a-comin' out in the Alligator River, right white. We didn't have much time to get Continued on next page. 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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