Hurricane Florence

Florence produced the highest surge recorded in Oriental.
There was 9'6" of surge that crested about 1am early Friday morning the 14th of September 2018.
Wind speeds in town were in the 70 to 80 mph range.
There was significant damage caused by tree fall and water and wave action.
We stayed despite evacuation orders.  I over-built our house and elevated it on masonry piers expecting this type of challenge.  I didn't expect it to happen so soon after we moved in. (Less the a year)
Our "new" Sabre 28 was prepped for the storm by removing sails and most of it's interior contents.
We removed the boat from our slip and anchored way back in Greens Creek.

Our Sabre held on.  We were happy to find it afloat.

Our set up dragged a bit but ultimately held.  Our boat received some stanchion damage from a boat that drifted.

We used 2 anchors on 1 rode. The primary is a 35 pound CQR and the additional is a midsize danforth on 6 feet of chain.

We counted 14 boats in the anchorage before the hurricane.
After it was over 6 of them were in the marsh and woods on the south bank of Greens Creek.
Here some photos...