Rodanthe got absolutely hammered by Irene's surge. You can now sail soundside or beach from the same house.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/28/north.carolina.aftermath/index.html

That new inlet on the fixed image of the video is at Miro Beach, just above a number of houses that many of us have stayed at over the years.

When I was up there this summer, I was shocked at the amount of erosion at that end of the island since I'd last been up to Hatteras a number of years ago (youth soccer season cruelly overlaps the usual Hatteras dates). The ocean didn't have to do that much work as the road was already exposed.

It's a beautiful place but it's a misnomer to think one "owns" property there. It's a lease, perhaps short term, maybe long term but eventually the ocean prevails.

Great link (pdf) on the history of Hatteras Inlets:
http://www.ecu.edu/icsp/ICSP/Reports_files/PastPresentAndFutureInletsDec2008.pdf