The Wild Horses of Corolla, North Carolina

As I write this, Hurricane Earl is moving over the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It has weakened to a Category 2. It made me wonder how the wild horses are doing out there.

In the far north end of the Outer Banks, there's Corolla, North Carolina. Corolla isn't the "typical" beach tourist spot that's filled with motels and high rise hotels and condos. Corolla is a place where you'll mainly find large beach houses that families rent out by the week that look like this: http://www.twiddy.com/   

In the northern end of Corolla, the wild horses of Corolla, North Carolina freely roam the beaches. They have been there for hundreds of years, freely galloping along the sand. I wonder how many hurricanes they have survived over the years. I wonder where they go during hurricanes, and if they sense that one is coming before it arrives. They must have strong instincts to be able to survive on their own for nearly five hundreds years. 

For information about the history of the wild horses: http://www.corollawildhorses.com/history.html

Thank you to TwiddyOuterBanks for posting this video on YouTube!  

Note: When she refers to the 4x4 beaches in North Carolina, she is referring to the north end of Corolla where the road ends, and where you can only drive on the sand if you have a 4x4 vehicle that won't get stuck.