is a possibility that we night shut them off. however, nothing is scheduled at this time. >> dave: elizabeth matthews from con edison with the power situation. let's get now to virginia beach where fox elizabeth prann has been surviving the storm. elizabeth, what's the sense of things? was it worse or just about as bad as expected there? >> well, i think people here in virginia beach are certainly breathing a sigh of relief. what we are seeing this morning is perhaps a good indicator of what you all will be seeing tomorrow morning and maybe as early as this evening. but we're still experiencing some wind gusts. i will say the tail end of hurricane irene is a lot nicer than the front end when we had those 80 mile-per-hour winds yesterday. but today what folks here are concerned about, especially the 4,000 that spent the night in shelters last night, is getting back to their homes and assessing the damage. we have seen superficial damage so far. things like the siding of walls