February 14, 2015 — Wooden fishing piers, long standing symbols of the North Carolina coast, are struggling.
“The ambiance of the wooden piers are just what makes the Outer Banks,” said Scott Cahoon, professional photographer for Hatteras Island Phantom Photography.
With coastal storms over the years, some of those piers have been ripped apart, like the Frisco Pier during Hurricane Earl in 2010. Others have received a lot of damage, too, like the Avalon Fishing Pier during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and the Rodanthe Pier Thursday.
“Mother Nature, the ocean. The ocean does what it wants to, when it wants to,” said Cahoon.
NewsChannel 3 spoke to Cahoon in Kill Devil Hills. But just down the road, Cahoon captured several images of the Rodanthe Pier, just after part of it collapsed in the ocean due to high seas.
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