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Old 16-09-2018, 10:29   #1
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ICW Status Reports After Hurricanes in 2018

I am starting this thread as a place where we can all share information and observations about the ICW after hurricanes and major storms in 2018.

Feel free to post your own observations of damage, shoaling, closures, and observed new hazards.

Please indicate the date of your report or observation, note any sources if possible, indicate the location as close as possible (e.g. with ICW mileage indicated) or indentify the location of the facilities you mention by location and state, as there may be similarly named places along the ICW.

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Here is a report I saw posted today (SEPT 16, 2018) on Facebook, by a cruiser named Tom Hale. He is reporting what he knows after Hurricane Florence has passed over the area.

1. Great Bridge Bridge and lock are fully operational.
2. All is OK at Coinjock
3. According to USACE Norfolk District Dismal Swamp Canal is open and the locks and bridges are operating on a normal schedule
4. Alligator River Swing Bridge is operational
5. Isle of Palms Marina is open. No word yet on the condition of ICW to Georgetown.
6. Port of Charleston Open. Charleston Marina is taking transients. Isle of Palms is taking transients.
7. Port of Georgetown is open
8. McClellanville, Leland Oil open reports USCG has checked channel. They have not heard of any problems.
9. All Bridges in Horry County NC (Myrtle Beach area) are operational! Socastee, Barefoot Landing and Little River Swing Bridge
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Saw this posted today on Facebook:

News from Coinjock posted on Active Captain Facebook page.

Coinjock Marina & Restaurant
Published by Louis Davis · 11 mins ·
Quick update. We received no damage from Florence and are 100% operational. We do expect some minor flooding as the sounds begin to equal out over the next few days. Our friends to the south not so lucky.

Beaufort Town Docks and Morehead city yacht basin received little to no damage as well so I have been told and have boats moving today with no problems or reports of debris.

Belhaven and New Bern hit very hard.

Will update when get more info. Prayers to our neighbors to the south. Full link below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/acti...5731821134026/
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Saw these photos posted today, showing New Bern during Hurricane Florence.
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Wow, first pic pretty ugly...even a Cat 1 can do serious damage.
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Anyone going south from the RCW please keep us updated.

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Thanks Steadman...
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The above was suppose to read - Anyone going south on the ICW please keep us updated.

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I saw the following posted today (MONDAY SEPT 17, 2018) on a Facebook sailing (ICW focused) group. This was shared by Tom Hale and BOB423.
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Tom Hale sent us his latest report. It looks like he's operating a command center on Florence - good for us!
Update 12:00 EDT September 17, 2018

As previously suggested and as hoped, the Northern part of the ICW between Norfolk and Beaufort NC is partially operational. Some facilities are fully up and running. Some facilities are damaged but running. Some facilities are closed. However, the ICW seems passable with dockage, fuel, and water available in places between Norfolk and Beaufort, NC.

Those facilities which are open for business are anxious to have cruisers come through. But be aware that many homes and businesses are flooded and already damaged. Be even more careful about your wake, as in flooding conditions your wake is hitting homes and yards. The ICW south of Georgetown SC is operating normally.

But that 125 miles between Beaufort, NC and New River (Myrtle Beach) is still flooding, is lacking electrical power and phone lines, and is several days away from being able to fully report, and weeks or months from being back to normal water levels.

Great Bridge bridge and lock are fully operational.
According to USACE Norfolk District Dismal Swamp Canal is open and the locks and bridges are operating on a normal schedule.

All is OK at Coinjock. Over 20 boats have left and headed to Hatteras, Wanchese, Beaufort and points south! They have not heard of any reported problems in any of the canals and creeks to Beaufort NC.

Alligator River Swing Bridge is operational.

Dowry Creek has power to the office and heads, still working on the dock power. The water is below the docks but is still up 2.5 feet. USCG has been through the
Alligator Pungo Canal to check ATONs. There are damaged ATONs.

Wilkerson Bridge now at about 60.5 feet

River Forrest Marina has no fuel but is taking reservations. Transient space is limited to smaller vessels. Grocery store is open, downtown restaurants are “drying out” after 4’ of flood water. Main streets are dry this morning, but only just barely. Many parts of town are still flooded. .

9/17 A tug and barge headed north in AP canal this morning, so commercial traffic is resuming.
Hobucken USCG has covered about 20% of their territory. So far AP canal to G7 in Adams creek has been checked. ICW has damaged ATONs.

Jarrett Bay is closed. No Power. Area is devastated.

2 USCG boats went northbound in Adams Creek this morning 9/17.

Homer Smith Docks had no damage. Still has no power but is taking transients. They report that boats are moving up and down the Beaufort waterways with no trouble.

Morehead City Marina is not answering their phone.

Beaufort City Docks are operational. No Power as of noon 9/17. A generator is wired to the fuel pumps, so fuel is available. 2 x 100’ yachts are inbound from Coinjock today.

Onslow Beach Bridge phone not working 9/17

Surf City Bridge phone not working 9/17

Figure 8 Bridge phone not working 9/17

Wrightsville beach bridge 910.256.2886 not answering 9/17/18

Southport NC: All the marinas were spared major damage. There is still no electrical power in the area. The city potable water system has had several major breaks and it is unclear how long it will take to get the water flowing again. All of the roads leading into Southport are washed out and flooded. At this time there is no vehicular access to Southport. The Cape Fear river is expected to crest later this week. There will be significant debris washing though.

Myrtle Beach YC is fully operational with power and water.

Center console boats are running in the ICW

Wrightsville Beach Bridge not answering 9/17/18

All bridges in Horry County SC (Myrtle Beach area) are operational! Socastee Swing Bridge, Barefoot Landing and Little River Swing Bridge. Flood waters are still rising inland and it is entirely possible that the bridges will be non-operational at some point as the rivers crest. The 65’ bridges aren’t! Water still high and rising. After Matthew it took weeks for the water to get back to normal levels.

Myrtle Beach YC is fully operational. Center console boats are running in the ICW

Osprey Marina reports that they survived with no damage. The Waccamaw crest is expected Thursday . It could be worse than Mathew. Expect floods and a slow speed zone through Socastee. The 65 foot bridges in Socastee are far less than 65′ right now.

Port of Georgetown is open. Marinas are open and selling fuel.

McClellanville, Leland Oil open reports USCG has checked channel. They have not heard of any problems.

Isle of Palms Marina is fully operational and taking transients.

No word yet on the condition of ICW to Georgetown. No boat traffic in ICW except center consoles and work boats.

Ben Sawyer Bridge is now operational and back on normal schedule.

Port of Charleston Open. Charleston Marina is taking transients.
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Re: ICW Status Reports After Hurricanes in 2018

TO ALL:

If you are reading this thread, it is because you want to know the status of the ICW after a hurricane or major storm.

I suggest if one is going to be traveling up or down the ICW during the next 30-60 days, (through November) that you subscribe to this thread for more reports etc. You can subscribe to a thread like this very easily by simply making a post in this thread, or by using the drop down menu item THREAD TOOLS shown in your browser.

Of course you can also check Active Captain and Waterway Guide for specific location notices or alerts, but this thread may consolidate some cruiser reports and local observations that may not make it on either of those sites.
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We are in Barnegat Bay,NJ and are planning to begin the journey south tomorrow Wednesday September 19th. We are apprehensive and will certainly report every bit of information. We are a week from the troubled area. Anyone want to talk me out of leaving tomorrow?
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We are in Barnegat Bay,NJ and are planning to begin the journey south tomorrow Wednesday September 19th. We are apprehensive and will certainly report every bit of information. We are a week from the troubled area. Anyone want to talk me out of leaving tomorrow?
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All reports indicate that you should be fine to Beaufort then you need to go off shore to Georgetown.
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Article in the Charlotte Observer (newspaper) which gives short reports on the status of the beach towns in North Carolina and South Carolina after Hurricane Florence. Updated September 18th, 2018.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/ne...218496495.html

The article also includes some drone footage video of flooding in some areas.
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NOAA Remote Sensing Imagery of South Carolina ICW and North Carolina AFTER Hurricane Florence.

This link goes to a NOAA page that shows very clear, high resolution, aerial photographs (imagery) that shows the ICW along South Carolina, and along the beaches up to Wilmington NC.

Many landmarks (bridges) are identified with labels, so it makes it easy to find a location.

You can “zoom in” to see the boats and marinas, etc.

https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/f....8385/-78.5591
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I am anxious to study the images thanks. We are a slow boat. Cape May tonight. Hopefully conditions will improve as we get nearer.
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Re: ICW Status Reports After Hurricanes in 2018

Waterway Guide has some good info.

Only the Onslow (Camp Lejune) bridge looks inoperable with no known repair date)...all others good by Friday...but the Socastee bridge in S. Myrtle Beach is a wild card till flooding goes down.

The other question mark to me is Snows Cut so you don't have to cut through Frying Pan Shoals.
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