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Sharpened, generator out. im pretty prepared to a point. but youre never prepared enough. >> we have in play the resources and the supplies and the capacity to do whatever it takes for north carolina and our citizens to be safe. >> reporter: the strong category three storm is threatening communities all along the eastern seaboard. we call this the cone of uncertainty for a reason. the best case scenario we have a path, a trough moving in and quicks the storm out to sea quicker. the worst case sc...

And as you can see, some of them brushing very close to the outer banks. cape cod and the islands and the cone certainly reflects that. they could be feeling hurricane-force winds, storm surge, and flooding from this afternoon across the outer banks overnight tonight into friday and saturday as this massive storm moves up the coast. we think theres a good chance it will be a major hurricane as it comes very close to the outer banks. then up towards long island. we have tropical storm warnings. y...

Were all going to reap the rewards of a consciousness or were going to pay the penalty of not being conscious together. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn, new york. >> we just got an update that hurricane earl has been downgraded with a category three hurricane. its packing a punch of 125 miles an hour. and it has not made its turn to the right. we are still looking at it skirting, sideswiping north carolina and there are hurricane and tropical storm warnings all the way up to maine. that is the ...

Storm-force winds can knock power out and you could be without power days, maybe weeks, depending how close the storm comes, and, martha and bill, we have talked about it, all it takes is a little jog to the west, 100 miles, and, it changes from a dangerous storm, to a potentially life-threatening events. and, i cannot stress enough, you need to be prepared, i know, bill you talked about waters and how warm they are and in some case, really way above average, across the atlantic, as we get close...

90 degrees with no breeze at all. now you can see some of the flags in the distance with a lip right now but they have been blowing from time to time. winds on and off about 4 or 5 miles per hour and gusting ma e maymaybe but all of those conditions will continue to increase as the winds increases and the wind throughout the day. and definitely as we head into friday as well. now were kind of protected here in the harbor. there is part of a sand bar out here and cape cod and national seashore of...

Evacuations along north carolina. so far here in virginia, no evacuations needed, and the evacuation routes are a lot more accessible. the red cross has about 80 shelters open up and down the east coast from the carolinas on up. we are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best, the turn to sea. hasnt happened yet. more from jacqui jeras about where exactly the storm is. jacqui, we are always talking about this cone of uncertainty. you never really know. not making a turn for the better j...

Still a minimal category 4. 115 knots, 135 miles per hour, thats just a couple miles per hour in the category 4, so a large 3, small 4 depending on your point of view. but the cone of uncertainty or the cone of possibility still through parts of the east coast, still brushing past the carolina coast, possibly even passing through cape cod. most of the track is east of there. most of the potential is east. certainly 85% chance of this storm missing the east coast altogether, at least the eye. but...

125-mile-an-hour winds? nobody wants to see that directly impact land in north carolina or virginia. forecast track brings it very, very close. lets look at the hurricane watches that have been posted for this area, including virginia beach. the coast of virginia all the way down almost to the north carolina-south carolina border. these are where hurricane watches have been posted, likely warnings will be hoisted later on today for hurricane conditions that will be expected in the next 36 hours....

Its still 125 miles per hour sustained winds. still a category 3 and it could actually go to a 4 within the next couple of hours. it has a lot of warm water to travel. you can see those cooler cloud tops. thats the sign its strengthening again. hurricane advisories up for coastal virginia as well as north carolina. so hurricane watches in effect. we should start seeing hurricane conditions within the next 48 hours. theres the track. it has not changed much since i saw you last since yesterday. s...

City. this could be a bigger story as we go through the next few day, even if the storm doesnt even come on shore across portions of the northeast. there is boston in that cone of uncertainty. again we are talking still about a category 1 storm. as we go further out in time if this storm jogs to the west, again i keep saying this, this would be the difference between a bad form and a very destructive dangerous storm. so if you live anywhere in that cone of uncertainty, even just west of the cone...