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for Carolina Country Vol. 38 Issue 10, Oct 2006
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Hurricane Ernesto, the first hurricane of the 2006 season, hit the southern North Carolina coast on August 31, bringing heavy rain, flooding, and thousands of power outages. A state of emergency was declared for North Carolina as Hurricane Ernesto continued to bring rain and flooding to the eastern region throughout Labor Day weekend.
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North Carolina is one of eleven states that will be getting a higher grade for investing in energy-efficiency this school year. Through its Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project, Advanced Energy, a Raleigh-based nonprofit corporation, arranged with IC Corporation, the nation’s largest school bus manufacturer, to provide hybrid school buses to the Wake County and Mecklenburg County school districts.
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Over the past 450 years, an untold number of vessels vanished off the Outer Banks without any documentation or evidence. In his newly published book, “Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks - An Illustrated Guide,” Kevin Duffus provides a visual record of shipwrecks and their legacy. True stories are told about lifesaving, salvage, rumors of wreckers, and the hundreds of forgotten shipwreck victims buried in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
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Samuel R. Jocelyn, Jr., son of a distinguished lawyer in Wilmington, North Carolina, was thrown off his horse and pronounced dead in March 1810. According to a tale passed down through the years, the ghost of Samuel appeared several times to his best friend Alexander Hostler, claiming that he had been buried alive. Several bizarre events occur both before and after Jocelyn’s burial.