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Beaches are fine after Hurricane Arthur, Ready for July 4th!

Hurricane arthur made its way past the beaches of North Carolina yesterday. And while it was a rainy and windy day, our area fared just fine! 4th of July festivities will all resume today and the weather couldn’t be better!

So put on some red, white and blue, and light up that grill! Happy Independence Day!

Weather Update: Hurricane Arthur

Update: Hurricane Arthur, currently a category 1 is expected to be a category 2 upon landfall.

Hurricane Arthur continues to make it’s way up the coast, and is moving to the north at 6 mph. The storm will move to the north, then northeast. The latest weather update has the storm nearing the Outer Banks early Friday morning. The storm will be at its closest approach to the Brunswick County area Thursday night.

Hurricane Arthur developed from a Tropical Storm into a weak hurricane on Thursday morning, just as it moved off southern North Carolina coastal area. The highest sustained peak winds will occur across portions of Brunswick County Thursday night. Peak gust to around 50 mph are possible, mainly along the immediate coastal areas.

Based on the latest track the bulk of the rainfall generated by Arthur will remain off the coast. One to two inches is possible across the coastal area. Large waves and currents will make the ocean dangerous Thursday through Friday morning. The threat of dangerous rip currents will increase through Thursday, and will persist through all of Friday.

PLEASE NOTE: SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED DUE TO THE ROUGH SURF AND POTENTIAL FOR STRONG CURRENTS.

Updates will be made as they become available.

Below is a list of Holiday events cancelled or rescheduled due to the storm:

Shallotte Town Concert on July 3rd will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.

The NC 4th of July Festival held in Southport will cancel all outdoor events for July 3rd. July 4th events remain the same.

Surf City: Officials have canceled the July 3 Independence Day Concert and Fireworks. Music and fireworks have been rescheduled for Aug. 29.

Carolina Beach Fireworks by the Sea: Fireworks for 9 p.m. July 3 are canceled, but larger weekly displays will be conducted on the following Thursdays for the rest of the summer

WECT Sounds of Summer Concert Series: July 3 concert has been canceled.

Calabash Summer Concert scheduled for July 3rd has been cancelled.

Under the Dome Back for Season 2 in Our Area!

Last summer’s top television series, the locally filmed Under the Dome, returns to CBS this summer (premiere Jun 30th) at 10 pm for Season 2. Filmed entirely in North Carolina’s Southeast region, Under the Dome is a television adaption of the popular Stephen King novel in which an entire town gets trapped under some sort of dome and is cut off from the rest of the world.

The show opted to film in North Carolina because of the state’s talented crew base, ability to look like “Anytown U.S.A.” and refundable tax credit offered to productions. During its first season of filming in 2013, the production had spent more than $33 million while creating 1500 job opportunities.

For season one, cast and crew made frequent trips to Burgaw and Southport from Wilmington to film scenes for the series. And with season two production in full swing, the trend continues. Mike Raad, a documentary filmmaker who lives in Burgaw, made a film about four-block radius that surrounds the Pender County courthouse in Burgaw it is a favorite of local productions. In a new short film he directed, Hometown Hollywood, traced 30 productions that have filmed in Burgaw, including Under the Dome, and found that all of them have used those four blocks because it offers the perfect canvas on which to film.

Southport simply being a stop along Dome’s production route has benefitted the popular tourist town. After seeing a tourism boost last summer when the series began airing its first season, Southport is already seeing similar effects this year.