Hurricane Earl
Thanks to a thin but still strong enough cold front approaching from the west, Hurricane Earl should maintain its current predicted track and not make a direct hit on North Carolina. However, Earl is enough of a beast that he will still cause great concern for the Outer Banks.
During hurricanes that threaten the United States, I prefer to follow local coverage if it is available. Even if it has to come via a low quality online stream, local coverage is usually superior because it normally comes without commercial interruptions and, at the very least, the reporters are more familiar with the area and know how to correctly pronounce all of the place names.
Some are lucky as certain cable and satellite television companies will temporarily feed a local out-of-market television station out to all of their subscribers if it is showing a major news event. However, most people will have to rely upon an online stream if one is available.
Getting an online stream during such breaking news coverage is always a hit and miss proposition. The station has to be equipped to send out such a feed or get some assistance from its affiliated network. Sometimes it is amazing how some tiny television markets are always willing to stream their coverage while some in larger markets never do it.
So…I cannot guarantee that any of the major television stations in the Greenville/New Bern/Washington market will provide any streaming as Earl brushes the Outer Banks sometime in the middle of the night US time. If they do and watching such coverage is of interest, these are the links to try in case any of these stations decide to put their coverage online.
WCTI-TV – Channel 12 – New Bern – ABC
WFXI – Channel 8 – Morehead City – Fox
