Evening star., 1948-08-30
HurricaneDu
10 Hit Tonight
AT Hatteras
North Carolina Coast
Prepares for Winds
Of lis Miles an Hour
BY the Associated Press


HATTERAS, N. c., Aug. 3d.
North Carolinians battened down
along the coast today for a hur-
ricane bearing 115-mile winds
expected to hit tonight.
Hurricane warnings were dis
played from here to Wilmington as
a Weather Bureau advisory placed
the center of the tropical storm
about $50 miles south of here and
moving north-northwest or north at
10 to II miles an hour.
Storm warnings were displayed as
far north as the Virginia Capes
and as far south as Charleston.
The Miami Weather Bureau, how
ever, said the danger south of Will
mington seems to be diminishing"
Present indications are, the bu-
reau said at II am, that the center
will pass over or very near Cape
Hatteras tonight. probably before
midnight.
Covers Radius of so Miles.
Hurricane force winds cover a
radius of so to go miles around the
center, the Weather Bureau said.
Along the coastal area threatened
by the hurricane residents made
what preparations they could
against the blow. Small boats were
dragged ashore or sent far up rivers
and streams. Manteo, N. c., on the
outer banks, reported hotels and
resorts putting up shutters and TAX
ing other precautions.
Winds were still moderate along
the coast this morning, but the At
lantic was choppy. In spots be-
tween Oregon Inlet and Cape Hat
teras water already had overrun the
beaches.
Coast Guard Station Evacuated.
The Cape Hatteras Coast Guard
station was evacuated at II am.
Personnel moved IL miles to this
town of Hatteras and secured their
boats.
The Atlantic life boat station on
Core Banks will be evacuated this
afternoon, Coast Guard officials said.
Personnel will go to the mainland
at Atlantic.
This Is an emergency, warn all
interests" the Federal Storm Warm
ing Service said in a special ad-
visory issued at S am. "All meas
ures should be taken for the pro-
lection Of life and property"
Hurricane hunter aircraft probing
the storm in the early morning
hours reported 1t was moving In q
northwestWard course at about 10
to IL miles an hour.
In the northeast quadrant of the
storm-always the most violent
they found winds up to 125 miles
per hour.
Storm May Curve.
Chief Forecaster Grady Norton
said in Miami there was some indi-
cation the hurricane may curve to a
more northerly course during the
day. "It would mean," he said,
that the center would pass more
over in the Virginia Capes area"
But it's impossible to tell ex.
actly where this storm Is going to
hit. The best we can do at this
time is warn the people In the gen.
eral area to get ready for a severe
storm.
First discovered August 26 by a
Russian freighter, the storm has
moved for the last five days on an
almost direct northwestward course.
Early yesterday it appeared as
though it might have stopped, wal
lowing 500 miles east of Daytona
Beach, Fla, but military planes
flown into the center during the
night found that it actually had
never stopped, merely slowed down,
as 1t continued on its beeline course
for the mainland.
Planes Moved to Safety.
(The military began moving
airplanes out of the possible path
of the hurricane.
cat Norfolk, Va, orders were
issued for moving 564 naval air.
craft, including three blimps,
from the area.
1n washington the Navy an
nounced that all fyable aircraft
have been ordered evacuated from
the following fields:
uakehurst, N. j.; Muston
Field, Pa; Atlantic City, N. j.;
Willow Grove, Pa; Johnsonville,
Pa; Patuxent, Md; Weeksville,
N. c.; Annapolis, Md; Chinco-
league, Va; Dahlgren, Md;
Cherry Point, N. c.; Elizabeth
City, N. c., and Ocean, Va.)
cat Washington, rs Navy and
Marine pilots began flying planes
from the Anacostia base to Har-
risburg, Pa, Buffalo and Nigara
FallS)
Storm in Critical Position.
Mr.. Norton said that at 8 am.
there isn't enough wind along the
North Carolina coast to flap the
hurricane warning flags" but said
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