All Sunny in the Cape Fear after Dorian

All Sunny in the Cape Fear after Dorian On board a response boat, a Coast Guard crew checked all navigation buoys along the Cape Fear River before making the call to re-open the port. No damages were seen along the river or the Intracoastal Waterway.

Moderate flooding from Burnt Mill Creek at Wallace Park on Friday morning after Hurricane Dorian passed through the region.

Some downtown businesses had boarded up their windows as Dorian approached.

A news television crew on the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington Friday morning.

Phil Williams removes plywood sheets from his daughter's clothing business, Edge of Urge, on Market Street Friday morning.

Some businesses in downtown Wilmington had boarded their windows with plywood sheets used last year during Hurricane Florence, slightly modified.

At Sawmill Point Marina, Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Dylan Hall prepares for a ride down the Cape Fear River to check navigation buoys in order to re-open the Port of Wilmington.

Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Dylan Hall prepares for the ride downriver.

Hall used the boat's radar overlaid with a chart plotter to verify the correct position of each navigation aid on the river.

From top left to bottom: a utilities truck passes the 3rd Street Bridge, boarded up top-floor windows of the River Place development, and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.

The Coast Guard crew was checking each navigation buoy along the Cape Fear River before the Port of Wilmington could re-open to commercial ships.

A home on the west bank of the Cape Fear River Friday morning appeared undamaged by Hurricane Dorian.

One of the navigation buoys along the Cape Fear River the Coast Guard crew ensured was in its correct location after Hurricane Dorian.

Frying Pan in Southport was heavily boarded, each sheet of plywood marked by a number corresponding to its window location.

Several businesses and homes in Southport boarded up for Hurricane Dorian.

Homes on Fort Caswell near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

After reaching the mouth of the river, cutting through 8-foot waves about a mile off the coast, Boatswain's Mate Second Class Dylan Hall turned the boat back north towards Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, the country’s largest ammunition port. There, the crew checked the terminal’s own navigation aids and verified the depth of water along the pier.

A U.S. flag flies from the radar tower of the Coast Guard Response Boat-Medium (RB-M).

Only one sailboat, left, was seen unmoored on Masonboro Island. Another had simply shifted locations after being stuck on the island since Hurricane Florence.

Some homes along the Intracoastal Waterway were boarded with sheets of plywood marked with numbers corresponding to the window locations.

A man takes his boat for a ride on the Intracoastal Waterway Friday morning after Hurricane Florence passed through the region, leaving minimal damages in its wake.

Coast Guard Machinery Technician Third Class David Patnaude onboard the 45-foot response boat as it approaches Wrightsville Beach.

No damages were seen to the homes along the south end of Wrightsville Beach early Friday afternoon.

People took to south end of Wrightsville Beach after the bridge re-opened late Friday morning.

Hundreds gathered at the beach on the south end of Wrightsville Beach early Friday afternoon to look for shells and sharks' teeth. "After the hurricane the beaches always get stirred up," Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Dylan Hall said. "People like to go look for Megalodon teeth and shells. A lot of metal detectors go out there after storms."

The Coast Guard response boat approaches its station on Wrightsville Beach early Friday afternoon.

Coast Guard Machinery Technician Third Class David Patnaude onboard a 45-foot response boat as it approaches the station on the south end of Wrightsville Beach.

Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Dylan Hall checks to see the boat is securely docked at the station on the south end of Wrightsville Beach early Friday afternoon.

Lane Washburn of BTM Construction helps his dad, Thad Washburn, remove sheets of plywood at South End Surf Shop in Wrightsville Beach Friday afternoon.

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