Here's a look at the storms that have left their imprint on Craven County and surrounding areas in the past decade:
2020: Hurricane Isaias made landfall on August 24 near Southport and made a beeline for inland Goldsboro. The effects in town were mild with 2 inches of rain (2 and a half in Havelock). You can live with a hurricane like that.
2019: Hurricane Dorian came in with an honor guard of tornadoes on September 5—one damaging homes and businesses on Emerald Isle. New Bern was not badly affected with winds only reaching 54 mph (though we got a dousing of 7 inches of rain), but Ocracoke was hit with a seven-foot storm surge and the island is still recovering. 190,000 North Carolinians were without power.