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Cape Lookout National Seashore
Seashore to Close In Advance Of Topical Storm Hanna

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Date: September 3, 2008
Contact: Wouter Ketel, (252) 728-2250 Ext. 3005

Harkers Island, NC  –  Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced that the Cape Lookout National Seashore staff has implemented its emergency weather evacuation plan due to the approach of Tropical Storm Hanna.

 

A mandatory evacuation of all visitors from the seashore islands will be implemented for this storm.  The park will be closed to all visitors and all services will be shut down beginning on Thursday, September 4, at 5:00 PM, until further notice. 
Portsmouth Life-Saving Station crew pose in their surfboat.  

Did You Know?
"You have to go out, you don't have to come back" was the unofficial motto of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. The Life-Saving Service rescued shipwreck victims from stations located in Portsmouth, and on Core Banks and Cape Lookout. Cape Lookout National Seashore

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Last Updated: September 03, 2008 at 12:55 EST