MANTEO, N.C. — Depending on where you were as Hurricane Erin passed by the coast, you might have experienced a severe storm or maybe nothing at all. For some people in Manteo, there were even positives tied to the storm.

Hannah O'Neill, a mother of three who has lived in Manteo all her life, said the small town often sees the effects of hurricanes, like other parts of North Carolina and Virginia.

However, this time around, Manteo saw minimal impact from Hurricane Erin.

"It was just very windy. Luckily, we didn't have a lot of rain but lots of wind, lots of ocean overwash, especially on the northern beaches, and I've seen stuff down south in Buxton and Hatteras has gotten a lot of washover as well. A lot of those dunes are gone, but luckily, up this way, we were fortunate," O'Neill said.

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