I was considering moving to Cape Hatteras but wasn't sure if it was the best coastal town or not.
Well, they do create a series of sheltered islands on the back side, so it would be good for storms and such if you wanted to live on the coast.
That is very important to me.  Hurricanes are a big concern.  I was trying to find out what the do for hurricane protection but maybe its the sand dunes?
Honestly these islands have survived onslaughts of wind and sea for thousands of years, I think they afford some great protection.
So good to know!  Do they have any fun sights to see or history to learn about there?  I love to teach my kids things like that.
National Park, called the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is also the nearest landmass on the US mainland to Bermuda, which is about to the east-southeast.
The treacherous waters off the coast of the Outer Banks is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, Over 600 ships wrecked here as victims of shallow shoals, storms, and war. Diamond Shoals, a bank of shifting sand ridges hidden beneath the turbulent sea off Cape Hatteras, has never promised safe passage for ships. In the past 400 years the
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