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Elizabeth Dole - U.S. Senator for North Carolina
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North Carolina Yellow Fever Vaccination Clinics - CDC Travelers' Health
Blowing Rock, NC 28605 ... Blowing Rock Medical Clinic P.A ... East Carolina University-Brody ... [Read More]
National Weather Service : Zone Forecast : Watauga, North Carolina
Wednesday . Partly cloudy in the morning. Then becoming mostlycloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower80s. Light and variable winds. Becoming northwest around 10 mphin the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. ... Wednesday night . Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers andthunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 10 mph inthe evening. Becoming light and variable. Chance of rain30 percent. ... [Read More]
Blue Ridge Parkway - Camping
Located at Milepost 297 near Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina and close to the Moses Cone Estate. This is the Parkway's largest campground. Reservations can be made for portions of this campgound on-line at RESERVEUSA.com or by calling 1-877-444 6777. ... Rocky Knob ... Located at Milepost 167 with easy access to Rockcastle Gorge and just nine miles from Mabry Mill. ... [Read More]
Parkway in North Carolina
Generally, the Parkway sections ofNorth Carolina are higher in elevation and more rugged in their beauty. The roaditself reaches over 6,000 feet south of Asheville. From Milepost 355 south, the Parkwayleaves the Blue Ridge and follows other mountain chains into the Great Smoky MountainsNational Park. Park headquarters is in Asheville, NC and there are five campgrounds,six visitor centers, two lodges and three restaurants thoughout the North Carolinasection. From north to south, here are the major developed areas that offer opportunitiesfor Parkway visitors. ... [Read More]
Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake History of North Carolina
On January 1, 1935, an earthquakecentered in an area bordering southwesternNorth Carolina and northernGeorgia caused slight damage atAlmond and Gary, North Carolina, and atDahlonega, Georgia. The total felt area includeabout 18,000 square kilometers. In1957, two earthquakes, about 6 weeksapart, caused minor damage in separateareas of western North Carolina.The first shock, on May 13, resulted incracked plaster at Micaville and Nebo(intensity VI). A sprinkler pipe wasshaken loose in a factory at Woodlawnand books fell from school libraryshelves. The tremor was felt over anarea of about 21,000 square kilometers,including a few places in South Carolina.The second shock, on July 2, 1957,caused a few cracked chimneys, crackedwalls, and cracked plaster at Asheville,Marshall, Swannanoa, and Weaverville(intensity VI). This earthquake wasfelt strongly in Buncombe and Madisoncounties. ... [Read More]
North Carolina - Special Weather Statements
FLUS41 KAKQ 180928HWOAKQHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA528 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>098-190930-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-528 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTVIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRALVIRGINIA..DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHTA HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO110...REFE ... [Read More]
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Summer in North Carolina means world-class entertainment. Theater highlights include the off-Broadway hit "Oil City Symphony" at Flat Rock Playhouse, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, an election year revival of the musical "1776" at Lee-McRae Summer Theatre, "Wait Until Dark" at Blowing Rock Stage Company, "Always...Patsy Cline" at East Carolina University Loessin Summer Theatre, as well as favorite outdoor dramas "The Lost Colony," "Horn in the West," and "Unto These Hills." ... [Read More]
Blue Ridge Parkway: Cone and Price Parks and Linn Cove Viaduct
The late 19thcentury saw the emergence of a new upper class, composed of those men who had made theirfortunes in the Gilded Age. Textile entrepreneur Moses H. Cone purchased 3,600 acres ofland near Blowing Rock and built one of North Carolina's premier turn-of-the-centurycountry estates. Julian Price, an insurance executive, in the late 1930s and early 1940s,bought thousands of acres of land to create a retreat for the employees of the JeffersonStandard Life Insurance Company. Both the Cone and Price lands were later given to theParkway. ... [Read More]
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