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PHASE ONE (A) ASSESSMENT UPDATE
THE ISLAND STILL REMAINS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY ALONG WITH BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED WITHIN AND A NUMBER OF THOSE STILL UNDER CURFEWS FROM DUSK TO DAWN.
BHI MARINA & DEEP POINT MARINA
REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AS DOES THE CAPE FEAR RIVER YET TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE USCG.
CURRENT STATUS OF BHI:
BASED ON INITIAL ASSESSMENT REPORTS OF WHAT PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND EOC TEAM MEMBERS COULD MANEUVER THROUGH, THE ISLAND HAS SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT BLOW DUE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE.
AS A RESULT OF FLOODING, DOWN TREES AND VEGETATIVE DEBRIS, ALL OF THE MAJOR WYNDS INCLUDING WBHW, NBHW, FEDERAL (BOTH LANES), STEDE BONNET, AND MANY OF THE SECONDARY ROADS ALL WITHIN & UNDER THE CANOPY OF THE MARITIME FOREST ARE PRESENTLY IMPASSABLE, MUCH LIKE THAT OF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS STILL IMPASSABLE IN & THROUGHOUT BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
THE BLOCKAGE OF ISLAND ROADS WILL MAKE IT THAT MORE OF A CHALLENGE IN EFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO GET AROUND THE ISLAND WITH RESPECT TO GETTING UNDERWAY WITH FLOODWATER MITIGATION EFFORTS.
ALONG THE OCEANFRONT SHORELINE OF SOUTH BEACH, STORM SURGE RESULTING FROM FLORENCE HAS EFFECTIVELY WIPED OUT OUR PRIMARY FRONTAL DUNE SYSTEM SENDING A MIX OF SALTWATER INLAND MIXING WITH STORMWATER FLOODING LEAVING MUCH OF THE AREAS BEYOND INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE FLOODED.
STORM SURGE UNDOUBTEDLY WILL LEAVE BEHIND A DEEP LAYER OF SAND ALONG SBHW WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE SCRAPED, SIFTED, AND PLACED BACK ON THE BEACH.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST-STORM AERIAL VIDEO FLOWN TODAY
THE FOLLOWING REMAINS IN EFFECT WITH THE PHASED RE-ENTRY:
ISLAND IS STILL UNDER PHASE ONE (A)
PHASE ONE (A) - VILLAGE EOC MEMBERS ONLY ON ISLAND TO CONTINUE WITH ISLAND SAFETY SWEEP OF AREAS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY GETTING UNDERWAY WITH MAJOR ROAD DEBRIS CLEARING FOR DIRECT ROUTES TO THE EMERGENCY OUTFALL INTAKES.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES FOR TOMORROW ARE THREE-FOLD:
(1) GET 10" PUMPS CONNECTED & EMERGENCY OUTFALLS EXCAVATED & OPENED TO BEGIN PUMPING DOWN THE ISLAND ASAP.
(2) GET 6" PUMP TO BYPASS LAGOON TO SUPPLEMENT PUSHING WATER OFF ISLAND THROUGH THE BH CREEK OUTLET DITCH.
(3) CONTINUE WITH ROAD DEBRIS CLEARING OF ALL MAJOR WYNDS WITH A SIMPLE "CUT & PUSH" PHILOSPHY IN POST STORM DEBRIS MANAGEMENT -
"JUST GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND WORRY ABOUT PICKING IT UP LATER!!!!!!"
OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN AS OF TODAY:
1. DEBRIS MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS & MONITORING CONTRACTOR HAVE BEEN GIVEN NOTICE FOR VEGETATIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND WILL LOOK TO ADD SAND SIFTING
2. ADDITIONAL PUMPS WITH PRE-ARRANGED "1ST-RIGHT OF REFUSAL" HAVE BEEN CALLED ON WITH ADDITIONAL PUMPS TO INCLUDE; 3 ea. 6" PUMPS AND 2 ea. 4" TO SUPPLEMENT VILLAGES PUMP ASSETS
3. PHOTOS OF IMPACTS CATOLOGED ALONG WITH VIDEO
4. FEMA ENGINEERED BEACH DOCUMENT UPDATED FOR CLAIM SUBMITTAL THROUGH EFFORTS OF VILLAGE COASATL ENGINEER
THE VILLAGE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DAILY UPDATES ON PROGRESS MADE IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE ISLAND TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN TRANSITION INTO PHASE ONE (B) AND ON TO PHASE TWO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Thanks,
Chris McCall
Village Manager