PHOTO OF THE DAY July 29, 2005  

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Where Rodanthe, North Carolina
When Date Unknown
Photographer David Alan Harvey

Despite North Carolina's hurricane vulnerability, beachgoers are not dissuaded from living along the shore. The state has withstood many devastating hurricanes, including 1954s Hazel, which has been called the most destructive in the state's history.

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