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Up to 90,000 residents along the North Carolina coast were urged to evacuate before the storm makes its expected landfall early Thursday along the Outer Banks. Forecasters predicted little change in strength prior to landfall for Isabel, the biggest storm to hit the region since Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Joe Hardison was prepared to leave his houseboat on Bogue Sound in Morehead City if Isabel had been packing winds of 120 mph or more. But now he figures he’ll stay aboard the 35-foot craft and ride it out, as he did Hurricanes Hugo, Fran, Bertha, Bonnie and others whose names he can’t even remember. “We have mullet blows that are that hard,” said the 59-year- old air conditioning man, who has stocked the vessel with 120 pounds of ice, 50 gallons of water and a half gallon of rum. “If (the boat) breaks loose, it’s going to run aground some where. If it does, I’ll step off.” Coastal residents from South Carolina to New Jersey boarded up homes and businesses and stocked up on batteries, water and other supplies. Colleges and universities in eastern Virginia, including the College of William & Mary, said they would close Wednesday for the rest of the week, and ordered students to leave. “People still need to under stand this is a very formidable hurricane,” said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. “Its track has been very consistent.” North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley declared a state of emer gency, allowing him to use the National Guard and also seek federal disaster relief after the storm passes. Thousands of tourists and others abandoned parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks as rough surf pounded the thin, 120-mile-long chain of islands. By Tuesday evening, grocery stores and restaurants were closed or shuttered and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was barred to visitors. The main beach highway, N.C. 12, was unusually barren of traffic and the beaches nearly desolate. “Even a lot of old salts are bailing out,” Brian Simmons said as he placed plywood across the window of Stoney’s Seafood in Avon. “I don’t know if it’s some vibe they feel or something.” But some hearty residents treated the evacuation orders as just a suggestion. “It’s easier to stay on the island,” Margie Brecker said as she and her husband boarded up their Christmas shop in Rodanthe near North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras and prepared to hunker down. “That way, we are right here when it’s time to clean up, and we’re able to help others.” David Kidwell, a 64-year-old retiree, was staying put at his home in Kitty Hawk. “If it was a 5, I’d be gone. If it was a 4, I’d be gone. But right now it’s looking like a 2 or less,” he said. “That’s just nothing more than a big nor’easter as far as I’m concerned.” Mayfield reminded that Floyd was a Category 2 storm that caused up to $4.6 billion in damages and 56 deaths in the United States. After hitting land, Isabel could also spread heavy rain — 6-10 inches, Mayfield said — from North Carolina all the way to New England. At 2 a.m. EDT, Isabel was about 480 miles southeast of North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras, moving northwest at around 8 mph. A hurricane warning was in effect from Cape Fear, N.C., northward to the North Carolina/Virginia state line. Northward from there, a hurri cane watch was in effect to Chincoteague, Va., including Chesapeake bay and the tidal Potomac. A hurricane warning means hurricane conditions are possible within 24 hours. About 6,000 military person nel and their families on or near Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., were ordered to leave. Navy ships manned by 16,400 sailors headed out to sea from Norfolk, Va., and Earle. N.J., to ride out the storm and keep from being battered against their piers. Military aircraft were flown to airfields inland. In Atlantic City, N.J., Miss America Pageant officials said they were prepared to postpone Friday’s Boardwalk parade and Old sailors not moving for Isabel After living through the worst ts sea could throw at them, thedil seamen at Snug Harbor retirement home in Sea Level N.C., are determined to rideou the storm. They see it only as!■ inconvenience. NORTH CAROLINA Retired sailors staying at home during storm ok* Beaufort •• / ■ Sea Level 0 l 0 20In npLi Marine thorps I ilantir (} SOURCES: ESRI; GOT; BIM even the pageant itself ot Saturday, if necessary. Isabel kept home-improve ment stores bustling as peopi; bought everything from ph wood to generators to chan saws. Lowe’s estimated it sola 10,(KX) generators in nine dap to coastal residents, and Tht Home Depot said it had trad' coming in from as far as Tor® and Texas to help meet demand In Maryland, National Guani troops began preparation Wednesday after Gov. Robert Ehrlich declared a state of emer gency the day before. NEWS IN BRIEF House Democrats will try to force vote on media ownership resolution WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say they will try to force a vote on a resolution repealing new media ownership rules, defying the Republican leadership which pledged to kill the measure. The fight over the resolution moved to the House after the Senate approved the legislation with a 55-40 vote Tuesday. The resolution seeks to undo changes to Federal Communications Commission regulations governing ownership of newspapers and television and radio stations. Critics say those changes could lead to a wave of media merg-I ers and ultimately stifle diversity and local viewpoints in new I and entertainment. Democrats will try to collect the 218 signatures needed for; petition to force a House vote on the resolution, said Rep. Ec Markey, D-Mass. To succeed, the resolution — called a “congressionalveto"-f needs majority approval in the Senate and House. A congressional veto has been used successfully only once! before. In 2001, the Republican-controlled Congress andWhite| House used it to repeal workplace safety regulations issued dur ing the Clinton administration. ATTENTION FACULTY, STAFF and STUDENT LEADERS! F.A.C.T. (First-time Aggie Contact Team) is a program where faculty, staff and student leaders contact new Aggies to welcome them to the University and ask about their experiences at A&M. F.A.C.T. will be conducted Mondays through Thursdays, September 29-October 16 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. 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