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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE EMERGENCY
NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY
NORTH CAROLINA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1018 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2015

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE HYDE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OCRACOKE.
CENTURYLINK IS REPORTING A NETWORK OUTAGE AFFECTING LANDLINE
SERVICE PROVIDED TO 1,093 CUSTOMERS ON OCRACOKE. DUE TO THE
OUTAGE, OCRACOKE CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIAL 9 1 1 FROM A
LANDLINE PHONE UNTIL AT LEAST 2 AM. THE HYDE COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE REPAIR STATUS UPDATES AS THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE.

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