Carolinas spared from widespread impacts as Imelda moves out to sea

Locals and tourists say they are relieved that Hurricane Humberto helped pull Tropical Storm Imelda out to sea and away from the coast.

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00:01We were coming down no matter what.

00:03With two storms churning in the Atlantic, some people postponed or canceled their vacation to Myrtle Beach.

00:10Others were determined to enjoy the last days of summer on the coast.

00:14I've never been near a hurricane before, never.

00:17And when we saw it was headed this way, we said, what should we do?

00:21There's not much we can do.

00:23The headlines and early storm scenarios had some on edge,

00:27including Michael Secor, who moved from Kentucky to be closer to the beach.

00:32We were a little nervous.

00:34Yeah, we just moved here, too.

00:35So it's kind of a new experience thinking about hurricanes, but happy it's going to pass.

00:41Some of the people visiting Myrtle Beach tell us they find it fascinating

00:45that a major hurricane far out in the Atlantic is helping to pull Imelda away from the southeast coast.

00:52They said it's a rare thing, the Fuji something like that, I can't remember what it's called,

00:56effect happening maybe and everything.

00:58Yeah, it's pretty cool.

00:59When we see the Fujiwara effect, that's when cyclones have to get within about 850 miles or so,

01:04and then they start to do a little bit of a dance with one another.

01:07They start to rotate or have a tendency to try to rotate counterclockwise around each other.

01:12As Imelda heads out to sea, families are making the most of what's left of their time at the beach.

01:18Golf clubs, salad tongs, and suc ladles.

01:23Homemade shark tooth catchers, and we're finding little bitty pieces of parts.

01:28Searching for treasures that the rough surf may have left behind.

01:32For AccuWeather, I'm Bill Waddell.