A NEWS HELI PLT FLEW INTO A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA WHILE COVERING HURRICANE DAMAGE NEAR NC88.

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I FLY FOR A LCL TV STATION IN NC. DURING THAT TIME I HAVE COVERED DOZENS OF HURRICANES. HURRICANE HAD STRUCK THE NC COAST AND MOVED UP THE COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DURING THAT TIME WE FOLLOWED THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE STARTING AT THE MOST SE POINT OF NC AND WORKING UP THE COAST. EVERY DAY I CALLED FLT SVC FOR A BRIEFING AND ASKED ABOUT A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR. THE BRIEFER JOKED ABOUT THE QUESTION AS HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING; AND DURING THE PAST 12 YRS THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR IN THAT AREA. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS ASKED TO FLY FROM MQI S TO HSE TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE. I CONSULTED COMMERCIAL WX BRIEFING SVC SO THAT I COULD SEE THE NEXRAD IMAGERY AND DECIDED WE COULD GO. WHEN I CALLED FLT SVC LATER I WAS INFORMED OF THE TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AND WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT; AND I REALIZED THAT I HAD INADVERTENTLY FLOWN INTO THE TEMPORARY FLT RESTR. THESE TEMPORARY FLT RESTRS POP UP PERIODICALLY AND YET EMER MGMNT MAKES NO EFFORT TO INFORM THE LCL TV STATIONS -- WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD HAVE AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 6 CALLS. IF EMER MGMNT COULD NOTIFY US OF IMPENDING TEMPORARY FLT RESTRS; IT WOULD PREVENT SITS LIKE THIS ONE ABOVE! THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER ACFT DURING THE TRIP.