Persistent closures along Highway 12 from storm debris and collapsing beach homes have lengthened regular 45-minute trips into multi-hour ferry rides, directly harming local businesses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency introduced a $101 million relief package to demolish compromised houses, but locals stress that lasting solutions remain absent. These localized hardships are shaping the tight race between conservative Democratic incumbent Don Davis and Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout.
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Severe infrastructure challenges and event cancellations are creating economic hardship t…: Severe infrastructure challenges and event cancellations are creating economic hardship that dampens conservative enthusiasm in Dare County.
Congressional incumbent Don Davis remains competitive against Laurie Buckhout despite red…: Congressional incumbent Don Davis remains competitive against Laurie Buckhout despite redistricting designed to boost Republican voters.
Persistent disaster recovery issues in coastal and western regions continue to complicate…: Persistent disaster recovery issues in coastal and western regions continue to complicate traditional political alignments across North Carolina.
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Aida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early voting polls all day in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. “We are trapped,” she concluded.
The Dare county commission candidate lives about 50 miles (80km) south, on Hatteras Island on the state’s Outer Banks.
After 8pm, she may as well live on Mars.
Highway 12 is out. Again. Bad storms wash debris onto the road, the detritus of beach houses ruined by climate change, Havel said. Houses collapse because insurers won’t cover demolition until they’re knocked flat into the sand. Their skeletons trap the living.
Havel fumed. A 45-minute drive has become a four-hour logistical exercise.
“I got in the ferry line at 8am, and there was an 8am ferry, and I knew I wasn’t going to make that one,” Havel said. “But there was a 9.30 ferry. I didn’t make that one. I got on the 11.00 ferry, and I was the very last car on, and they told me I had to fold in my my side mirrors, and they just squeezed me on. I took the…
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