21. The breach on the southern end of Hatteras Island was filled in with sand, as well. 22. An estimated 5, 000 residents and tourists stayed on Hatteras Island after Sunday's evacuation order. 23. Luckily, I was first in line for the next 40-minute ferry over to Hatteras Island . 24. Pea Island was a contiguous part of Hatteras Island until the passage of Hurricane Irene in August 2011. 25. Each year, churning currents and violent storms erode the Hatteras Island shoreline by an average of 10 feet. 26. On Hatteras Island , most homes and businesses were closed and only a few people were on the streets. 27. By Thursday, all but 500 of the 5, 000 permanent residents of Hatteras Island had power restored. 28. There weren't many people on the island, said Terry Gray at the Hatteras Island ferry office. 29. Hatteras Island is known for sport fishing, surfing, windsurfing and blue marlin capital of the world ."30. This stretch of shore is home to more than 600 shipwrecks off the shifting sandbars of the Hatteras Islands .
