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The National Weather Service will begin its seventh year of conducting Hurricane Community Forums in Pine Knoll Shores this Tuesday (June 17) and again for Oriental on June 25.
The following is information about these forums.
Why: Did you know that Eastern North Carolina is the MOST frequently impacted stretch of coastline in the country to hurricanes?
Names like the San Ciriaco storm of 1899, The Storm of 1933, Hazel (1954), Ione (1955), Donna (1960), Gloria (1985), Bertha (1996),Fran (1996), Bonnie (1998), Floyd (1999), Isabel (2003), Irene (2011), Matthew (2016), Florence (2018) and Dorian (2019 are all well known to our area.
What: Join us for these free, open to all, public discussions about hurricane preparedness. You will have the chance to hear a presentation from a meteorologist from the National Weather Service on hurricanes and their impacts on Eastern North Carolina.
We will go over why you should never just focus on just the category of the storm, what the hurricane path track means, the various impacts tropical cyclones can bring and why you should NEVER let you guard down, even after the storm passes!
We will also cover the hurricane outlook for the year while emphasizing that it only takes one storm to make an impact on your life. At the end you will be able to ask questions you may have.
Where: Various locations across all of Eastern North Carolina, view our schedule below. Some will also be live streamed, and the recording will be posted afterwards.
Current Schedule Recorded Forums History Preparedness
| Date | Time | Location |
| Tuesday, June 17 | 10 to 11 am | Town of Pine Knoll Shores Town Hall 100 Municipal Circle. Pine Knoll Shores, NC. Register Now View Directions |
| Wednesday, June 25 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Oriental Town Hall 507 Church Street. Oriental, NC. 28571. Register Now View Directions |
| Thursday, Aug. 14 | 6 to 7 pm | Coastal Studies Institute (Part of Science on the Sound) 850 NC-345 Wanchese, NC. Register Now View Directions |