Tourists flee N.C. island as Irene looms

(CBS/AP)� Updated at 2:00 p.m. ET HATTERAS, N.C. – Tourists began evacuating from a tiny barrier island off North Carolina on Wednesday as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas with the East Coast in its sights. So far, things were going smoothly, said Tommy Hutcherson, owner of the Ocracoke … Continue reading