Hurricane and Horses

[Deleted User]

I'm just curious... where do all of the horses in the 4X4 area go during a hurricane?

tcigal

:-(  Good question....any shelter they can find, I'm sure!  Now I'm sad thinking about them!!!!

sangriaMaria

You might find this interesting.

https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/Corolla-Wild-Horse-Fund/211110578329

Krhoy20

From what I've heard, they go into the wooded areas and higher elevations!!! Hope everyone will be okay, including all the wildlife.

southofnormal

What's 4x4? Curious Michigander .... :-)

sangriaMaria

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_north-carolina-outer-banks_hurricane-horses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:598Discussion:68bb1fae-58db-4d0f-b2c6-e5a733ec3a44Post:7e86b2fd-672d-4c09-9861-9ade08583e8b">Re: Hurricane and Horses</a>:
[QUOTE]You might find this interesting. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#">https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#</a>!/pages/Corolla-Wild-Horse-Fund/211110578329
Posted by sangriaMaria[/QUOTE]

Sorry about the goofy link.  I fixed it.

The 4x4 area is Carova where the wild horses live.  You can only travel in that area by 4x4 vehicles.

southofnormal

Gotcha - thanks!

Scheff725

We are vacationing on the 4x4 beaches this weekend...we check in on Saturday, HOPEFULLY. I"ll udpate everyone on the horses since we will  be 6.5m down the beach. FIngers crossed that area made it through ok...

sangriaMaria

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_north-carolina-outer-banks_hurricane-horses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:598Discussion:68bb1fae-58db-4d0f-b2c6-e5a733ec3a44Post:1dd108ca-e803-4b78-ade6-b14a5a172017">Re: Hurricane and Horses</a>:
[QUOTE]We are vacationing on the 4x4 beaches this weekend...we check in on Saturday, HOPEFULLY. I"ll udpate everyone on the horses since we will  be 6.5m down the beach. FIngers crossed that area made it through ok...
Posted by Scheff725[/QUOTE]

Hopefully you can get past Duck.  They should be letting visitors into Duck tomorrow at 2pm.  12 has been undermined at the Sunset Grill.  I think the last I heard they are still not allowing traffic up north.  Anyone planning on visiting this week: be sure to check with your rental company.  A lot of the houses haven't been cleaned yet as the cleaners were not able to get in on Saturday.

Scheff725

I have been following on twiddy.com and getting updates from them as much as possible. They are going to be starting to post houses today as they get through it so I will keep watching for ours. According to twiddy they will let people past starting at 10am tomorrow once they get rt12 figure out by the Sunset Grille. We are keeping our fingers crossed we can get through...we have big trucks so we will drive over debris if they let us, we did it last year after Earl!! haha

sangriaMaria

They've cleared the debris (trees, boulders and boats) in Duck so it is passable now.  I originally heard 10am, then I heard 2pm.  Also, make sure you have power.  Lots of people in Corolla still without power.  Check this site for updates.

http://www.co.currituck.nc.us/

sangriaMaria

Just ran acroos this info from the Town of Duck:

Currituck Outer Banks will remain closed to vacationers and guests until further notice. You can monitor their updates on www.co.currituck.nc.us/

Scheff725

Thanks Maria! I will check that website out!

sangriaMaria

From Carolyn Mason, Shackleford Foundation:"Census of the central part of the island began on August 31st, and by days 'end 86% of the horse population had been accounted for. Now, searching will be for individual horses, and groups of 2 or 3, who may have chosen to hide out-of-sight in the maritime forest and in high-dune swales." Cedar Island lost one aged mare. All other horses are accounted for.