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Davis explains how the \u201conce-in-a-thousand-year\u201d storm struck only six years after Florence, the state\u2019s previous \u201conce-in-a-thousand-year\u201d weather event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the new issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurricane season continues through November, and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-the-guide-to-coastal-living-2\/\">The Guide to Coastal Living<\/a>\u201d offers strategies and tips for before and after major storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-hurricane-hazel-october-15\/\">Bland Simpson recounts his boyhood experience of Hazel<\/a>, 70 years after the hurricane left wreckage across much of the NC coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacques Cousteau\u2019s grandson is building the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-undersea-cousteau\/\">International Space Station of the Ocean<\/a>,\u201d and his PROTEUS\u2122 Project is coming to the NC Coastal Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers and community members join forces to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-plastic-from-the-mountains-to-the-sea-2\/\">fight plastic pollution in North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satellite tagging on Bald Head Island reveals that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-tracking-loggerheads-2\/\">loggerhead sea turtles cover long distances<\/a>&nbsp;up and down the East Coast \u2014 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new project developes a novel solution for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-mapping-the-impacts-of-north-carolinas-poultry-industry\/\">mapping the impacts of North Carolina\u2019s poultry industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHook, Line &amp; Science\u201d tells how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-hook-line-and-science\/\">scientists discover a global phenomenon \u2014 shrinking fish<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 but the reasons behind it aren\u2019t clear cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC Stream Watch has designed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-coastwatch-classroom\/\">indoor-outdoor classrooms<\/a>&nbsp;for K-6 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, as always, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/fall-2024-mariners-menu\/\">Mariner\u2019s Menu<\/a>\u201d offers new local seafood recipes tailored for the season, including these favorites for Fall: butter shrimp, grilled tuna, southern crab cakes, and saut\u00e9ed flounder amandine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As western North Carolina begins to recover from Hurricane Helene,&nbsp;<em>Coastwatch<\/em>&nbsp;will continue to report on the story. 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