: High school sports, curt^i' visit, will resume tonight When South and West meet in football. ' •' 11 Mv jy) ; September^, Volume 69, Number 4 Phone 910-457-4568/Fax 910-457-9427/e-mail pilotssouthport Published every Wednesday in Southport, N. C. iLdj»i neaui unve was a oewuuermg signi m uaK lsiana visitors early lhursday as scores ot crushed, crumpled and standing-dead houses met their view. (Photos by Jim Harper) Damage $20 million Floyd flattens OI beachfront By Richard Nubel Stall Writer When the Oak Island bridge was iwpeiied at 2 p.m. Thursday, residents Ivgitn it slow and often painful return to their battered town. "Our town is a disaster area," said a flyer distributed over the signatures of co-may i ns Dot Kelly and Joan Altman. "A state of emergency has been declared ;uid will remain in effect as long as necessary. The town is doing everything possible to pro tect damaged property and to restore ser vices to damaged areas." But. restoration may take months. Saturday, public works director John Olansen executed a two-month contract with a firm to haul construction debris from the Oak Island beachfront, the pride 'of Oak Island that was most often described at week's end as resembling a war zone. Public safety departments from across the state were being asked to send officers to spell Oak Island Public Safety Department officers who teamed, with tire and rescue personnel to restrict access 24 See Beach, page 11 On the inside... Damage A town-by-town assess ment, plus reports from jphools, hospitals and county government Impact Losses from Floyd extend beyond the cost of reconstruction Recovery Nearly 300 Oak Island homes may or may not be recovered, depending on where CAM A draws the line Brunswick County Inland floods take a toll By Terry Pope Stair Writer Differences in how Hurricane Floyd has affected county res idents puzzle most everyone now dealing w ith its aftermath. By Monday afternoon, tourists were renting beach cottages once again at Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach. Just 20 miles inland, a crisis was growing worse by the hour. Homes an^J weary residents yielded to flood waters from the WUccamaw River, and sheriff 's deputies carried out the task of guarding victims from yet another prey — looters who were using boats to recover property and valuables left behind. “The people in Waceamaw are under a greater state of emer gency than at any time in the history of this county,” said Brunswick County sheriff Ronald Hewett. Rising water front Hurricane Floyd's 19 inches of rainfall inland has finally made its way to the coast, along the Waccantaw and Cape Fear rivers. Earlier, homes in the Town Creek and Lockwood Folly River areas also were flooded by the storm. At the beach the weather was nice, the sun was shining and See Floods, page 5

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