Message from Surf City about Hurricane

Here is a message from Zander Guy, Mayor of Surf City:

Hello, this is Mayor Zander Guy with an important message from the Town of Surf City.
It appears that Hurricane Hanna will be making landfall in our area as a category 1 storm which can produce winds upward of 80 miles per hour. We are expecting wind and storm bands to begin affecting Topsail Island early Friday afternoon. We are expecting the winds and rain to continue to build throughout Friday during the afternoon and into the night. Projections indicate that the strongest part of Hurricane Hanna should be over Surf City and Topsail Island around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Hanna is projected to move quickly north east once it makes landfall and should move past Surf City by noon on Saturday.

Please remember to remove your deck furniture, garbage cans, and any other items that may become dangerous and blown during Hurricane winds.

We will try to keep an update on the Town’s Web site and keep staff available to answer the phones, as long as we have internet service and the power and phones remain up.

Hurricane Hanna and Ike

Hurricane Hanna has now headed north and is forecasted to pass over Topsail Island.  Here is Hanna's track.

Surf City Mayor Zander Guy called all homeowners (via automatic messaging) and told me that Hanna would cross the island about 2 am Saturday morning (9/6/08).

What should you do?  If you are staying there and were going to leave Saturday morning anyway, then think about leaving Friday night.  If you're coming in on Saturday, then first make sure the storm has passed, then call the homeowner you are renting from to see if the house and island are okay for you to come down.  If there is no significant damage, then come on down.  In fact, there is often very beautiful weather after a hurricane passes.