Aerial footage of hurricane Fran aftermath at Topsail.
By WeatherMatrix (Jesse Ferrell)
[VHS] Hurricane Fran Coastal Destruction Video (North Carolina Highway Patrol)
All Information & Credits to Jesse Ferrell, WeatherMatrix
This was broadcast on television shortly after Hurricane Fran in September 1996. Before drones and Social Media (or really, reliable Internet service) the only way to find out whether or not your house was damaged was to watch this tape, produced via helicopter by the N.C. Highway Patrol, the day after Fran when almost no one besides the National Guard was allowed onto these beaches.
