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Hurricane Dorian: Live feed from the Frying Pan Tower, an oil rig off the Carolina coast

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The Frying Pan Tower is an old oil rig 34 miles off the Carolina coastline, now an adventurous and rather expensive bed and breakfast. I don’t think anyone’s staying at the moment, though, because it’s in the middle of a hurricane, as evidenced by the live feed from a camera there. Warning: as of Sept. 5, 2019, it’s loud!

Here’s footage of the tower in calmer seas:

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