Hurricanes are getting increasingly worse: Climatologist

Hurricanes are getting increasingly worse: Climatologist

Caption for the photo reads “An early image of the Atlantic Hotel on Taylor’s Creek. (Courtesy Beaufort Historical Association.)” Provided by N.C. Maritime Museums ​It was well into what we now call hurricane season in 1879 when the Atlantic Hotel on the Beaufort waterfront began filling with hundreds of guests ahead of the North Carolina Press Association’s annual meeting taking place there in late August. Visitors from across the state, includ…