Grace Littleton of Beaufort recalls her family's experience during Hurricane Hazel of 1954. She was interviewed by Pam Morris at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. Photo courtesy of Grace Littleton.

Grace Littleton: We can Always Get in the Boat

Margaret Daniels of Williston, North Carolina recalls Hurricane Hazel. She was interviewed by Bonnie Hunter at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum.

Margaret Daniels: Who Wants Salty Apples?

Nate  Jackson  was  born  in  Ocracoke  in  1928. He  was  a  commercial  fisherman  and  carpenter.  In  this  interview  he  describes  a  hurricane  plane  flying  over  his  boat,  dropping  a  storm  warning  message.  Jackson  was  interviews  in  2002  by  Barbara  Garrity-Blake  for  the  Cape  Hatteras  National  Seashore  Ethnohistory  Project.

Nat Jackson: The Note Said Hurricane!

Antoinette  Gaskins  Mattingly  of  Avon  is  a  fourth-generation  artist.      Mattingly  was  interviewed  by  Susan  West  in  2016.  She recalls the heartbreak of losing family records in the wake of Hurricane Emily in  1993. Photograph  courtesy  of  Antoinette  Gaskins  Mattingly.

Antoinette Gaskins Mattingly: The Loss of All of Those Memories

Margaret Willis of the Hatteras Island community of Frisco recalls the flooding and high winds of Hurricane Emily of 1993. Much of the thick woods were decimated. She was interviewed  by Susan West. Photo courtesy of Lissa Gotwals.

Coastal Voices: Linking Generations

Margaret Willis: You Didn't Know Who You'd Have to Watch Drown

Margaret Daniels of Williston, NC talks about her harrowing journey home during Hurricane Bertha. She was interviewed by Bonnie Hunter at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island.

Margaret Daniels: Waves Were Washing Over My Truck

Kenny Brite of Avon is a Dare County paramedic and a volunteer with  the Avon Volunteer Fire Department. He talks about Isabel cutting Hatteras Village off from the rest of the island, and how children were transported to school in Buxton via boats. He was interviewed by Susan West.

Kenny Brite: They Had to Send their Children to School by Headboat

Denise Gaskins of Avon is known for her watercolors of the village  harbor, fishing boats, and marshes.  In  a  2016  Coastal  Voices  interview  with  Susan  West,  Gaskins  recalls  the  days  immediately  following  Hurricane  Irene  when  she  and  other  volunteers  prepared  community  meals  at  the  Avon  Volunteer  Fire  Department.

Denise Gaskins: We Served Over Ten Thousand Meals

Kenny  Brite  of  Avon  is  a  Dare  County  paramedic  and  a  volunteer  with  the  Avon  Volunteer  Fire  Department.    In an interviewed  by  Susan  West  in  2016, he describes the recovery process in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

Kenny Brite: We Had Protein Coming at Us From All Directions

Margaret Daniels of Williston talks about her experience losing power at Carteret General Hospital during Hurricane Floyd, and the kindness of others who helped them so that they could tend to their patients. Interview and photo by Bonnie Hunter for the Harm's Way project.

Margaret Daniels: He Was Going to Get Blowed Over

Musician,  author,  and  educator  Elvin  Hooper  of  Buxton  was  born  in  Salvo  in  1949.  He  worked  for  the  Dare  County  Planning  Office  as  a  building  inspector.  He  talks  about  soundside  flooding  during  storms  on  Hatteras  Island.  Hooper  was  interviewed  by  Sandi  Jones  Garrison  in  2015.  Photograph  by  Sandi  Jones  Garrison.

Elvin Hooper: I've Been Part of the Ruination

Wayne  Gray  was  born  in  Avon  in  1940.  At  the  time  of  this  interview,  he  lived  in  Nags  Head  where  he  had  served  as  a  town  commissioner.  Gray  had  been  a  Dare  County  Deputy  Sheriff.  Gray  was  interviewed  in  2004  by  Barbara  Garrity-Blake  for  the  Cape  Hatteras  National  Seashore  Ethnohistory  Project. Photograph  courtesy  Drew  C.  Wilson  Collection,  Outer  Banks  History  Center.

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