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Hurricane Fran
was the second and more powerful of the storms to strike the Cape Fear
region of Southeast North Carolina during the 1996 season. As with
Hurricane Bertha
my friend Doug and I rode out the storm with my Mother in her
house at Carolina Beach, North Carolina.
The map shows the path of the hurricane as it
traveled through the area. The approximate track and strength of the
hurricane were determined by using the 2 and 8PM
National Weather Service (black squares) reports for September 5,
1996. The red square shows our position relative to the path of the
center of the storm. The red dots along the yellow path indicate the
interpolated position of the hurricane's center at the time each of the
accompanying videos were taken. Videos can be viewed by clicking on the
adjacent numbered boxes. Photographs and information about
Carolina
Beach can be viewed by clicking
here or that part of the map.
All the videos were taken using a JVC Compact VHS camcorder: Model
GR-AX70 and a Canon AE-1 35mm SLR was used to make the still
photographs.
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