Ocracoke - Hatteras ferry suspended due to shoaling

[taterguy]

Tunnel.

The time is now.

[NCTraveler]

1. Noooooo.

http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/05/07/winds-shoaling-impact-hatteras-ocracoke-ferry-run

[taterguy]

5. Oh FFS

The article you posted is from May.

Stick with current events please.

The MV Frisco ran aground two days ago:

http://www.wvec.com/news/Weather-causes-NCDOT-to-suspend-operations-at-Hatteras-Ocracoke-184862371.html

[NCTraveler]

6. Sorry.

Still not over the May 6th halt of operations. I am sure you can understand my lingering anger.

[taterguy]

21. NC DOT had no choice

The ferries that make the Hatteras Inlet run are relatively small and unstable. Wouldn't take much to knock one over in which case you'd have a mass casualty event and a helluva mess to clean up.

I get the lingering anger but you should work through the anger. The 'scenic' route was still available, where you could spend a few hours more through some of the most desolate land on the East Coast to get down to Swan Quarter.

[malaise]

2. Oh No!!

Time for the taterguy tunnel!!

[taterguy]

33. Obviously

[bluestate10]

3. Given the number of small government types there, let them fix the Fing problem. nt

[taterguy]

4. It's a problem with shoaling, not fing

[Chellee]

12. I'm sorry.

Why do people object to a tunnel? Cost? Environmental concerns? What's the problem?

BTW, I'm assuming you're stuck on one side. Do you need help? How long do they expect this to last?

[taterguy]

15. Look at a map and follow the money

I'm sure you're smart enough to figure it out.

[slackmaster]

7. I blame oysters

[taterguy]

8. Since when do oysters cause shoals?

Please enlighten me.

[slackmaster]

9. Read about what Chesapeake Bay used to be like

http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/oysters/oyster-reefs

[taterguy]

10. Ocracoke isn't anywhere near Chesapeake Bay

And they like it that way.

[slackmaster]

23. I know. I've been there.

It's a very interesting place.

[taterguy]

25. So are you retracting your oyster theory?

[slackmaster]

27. I have one thing to say to you.

[taterguy]

28. How eloquent

[slackmaster]

29. It has appeal

[L0oniX]

30. Obstructionist GOP oysters!

[taterguy]

31. Hyde County is Blue, Dare County is Red

The channel in question is where the two counties meet.

[shintao]

11. Is shoal like a school for slow people?

shoaling

[taterguy]

13. A shoal is something that fucks up the channel

If they don't do something about it, Ocracoke will be the next Portsmouth, NC.

[trof]

35. It's a hebrew school.

No wait...that's schul.

[formercia]

14. I've taken that Ferry

Took my daughter there on an excursion. A Tunnel wouldn't be the same and there isn't enough traffic to justify it.
Unless things have changed, NC doesn't charge for their Ferry service.

[taterguy]

26. Of course there's not much traffic

Without a tunnel the place is too damn difficult to get to.

Especially when shoals fuck up the channel.

[kwassa]

16. It's all Blackbeard's fault.

Pirates are always clogging those channels.

I don't go to the Outer Banks anymore. I attract a hurricane every time. Sinks yet another pirate ship.

[taterguy]

17. Clogged channels are what attracted Blackbeard to the area

Difficult for the British navy to chase him in those waters.

[kwassa]

18. My brother goes down every year in September. Last year, Hatteras.

he had some problems getting to his rental.

[taterguy]

19. Can't blame that one on pirates

But it is close to where the Mirlo went down so maybe some ghosts of its sailors pitched a fit at a beach being named for their ship.

[1-Old-Man]

20. It won't take them long to blow enough sand out of the channel to regain use

It will take along time to dredge the cannel properly but it won't take long to get it back to where it can be used plus there is more than one way to get to Ocracoke from Hatteras than the ferry channel. There are a number of slots you can run out to the west and there is deep enough water out there to turn south and come back into Silver Lake. I've done it several times; there's ten or twelve feet of water out there.

[taterguy]

22. What the fuck is a cannel?

Not hip to the nautical lingo.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. It's like a horse, but with one or two hunnps on its back

Dredging one is an unpleasant task, but sonnetimes necessary. Then you have to deal with a whole bunch of cannel-doo.

Old eyes and dyslexia are a nnotherfucker of a connbination.

[1-Old-Man]

32. or an old man with arthritic hands and no spell check

Sometimes my fingers do not move as my mind directs. It'll happen to you some day too ... just wait.

[taterguy]

34. Sorry, I can't resist calling out typos

It's nothing personal.

I just have a Pavlovian response to it.

I have no self-control.

Please accept my apology.