Outer Banks News And Views
Welcome to the Carolina Designs blog. Here you’ll find information about the Outer Banks, what’s going on, and what we hope are some entertaining posts, quizzes and articles.
Hurricane Dorian Outer Banks Cleanup
October 11, 2019
To donate to Ocracoke Island and Hatteras relief efforts, visit The Outer Banks Community Foundation...
The Sinking of the City of Atlanta
October 4, 2019
World War II was a terrifying time along the Outer Banks in 1942. A narrow predictable shipping lane...
Joachim Gans – The First Scientific Lab in the Americas
September 30, 2019
Joachim
Gans is not a well-known name. Maybe that will change because a highway marker
was just dedi...
Peanut Butter Falcon—Local Talent Rises to the Top
September 27, 2019
It
always feels good when local talent rises to the top. For Outer Banks native
and former Colington...
Outer Banks Fall Has It All
September 25, 2019
Fall
is an amazing time on the Outer Banks. The scorching heat of the summer has
moderated just a bi...
North Carolina Coastal Resilience Initiative
September 10, 2019
It should come as no surprise that the coastal communities of North Carolina are susceptible to sea-...
Watching Dorian – Updates from Carolina Designs Vacation Rentals
September 1, 2019
Monday, Sept 8 - 10:00 am
The area received six inches of rain from a passing weather front overnig...
The Sinking of the Kentucky-Something New from Something Old
When the steamship Kentucky was launched she was one of the last of a
dying breed of ships, yet as s...
Exploring Kitty Hawk Woods
August 29, 2019
Kitty Hawk Woods is a place of remarkable beauty and diversity. There are on the Outer Banks four pr...
Purple Martins of the Outer Banks
August 13, 2019
The
purple martins of the Willam Umstead Bridge have returned once again. They are,
perhaps, the equ...
Billy Mitchell and the Outer Banks
August 9, 2019
Two
US battleships, the USS New Jersey and the USS Virginia, rest 300’ beneath the
waters of the A...
Summer 2019 Outer Banks Books
August 6, 2019
It’s
summer and two Outer Banks authors who have a history of churning out great
books are at it a...