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Following this story with us this hour. derek in carolina beach, north carolina. and derek, i understand one resident telling cnn this day was worse for him than the other day. talk to us about what youre seeing and experiencing there. >> well, 36 hours of hell basically, george. weve got brutal conditions at the moment. im protected by a reinforced concrete wall just to my right. but if i step back 10 feet we would be in the thick of very strong tropical storm force winds. every little while we...

Us, because we are having the concept of one just went by there, but this is just the track because of that area of high pressure that the storm that developed right behind it is going to follow the same track. >> why do they feed on warm water? >> when you see something spin up, you need to create energy, you need to create lift. so you need something to feed those storms to get those towering clouds and they just pull up all of this warm water in a wide open space of ocean and develop these in...

Surge. but now its your turn as the center of the storm passes up to the north. even on the eastern side of this, the winds still gusting, roaring at 70 miles per hour. you saw thomas live shot out there in the tampa/saint pete area. its just a roaring, relentless wind. that will continue here for tonight. with that, you get these power outages. you get the tree limbs coming down instantaneously, the transformers blowing on you. again, its not a friendly night to be out. you want to be hunkered ...

Island is the northern edge. thats where he said the signal from jeff was coming from. and youll notice pretty abruptly that tree outside his front window and the other trees will start to not sway as much. obviously, hes still in some torrential rain and so would you say, are you still with us? >> yes. >> would you say, is the northern eyewall, was it worse, better, or as expected as it went through? >> it was -- it was what i expected. it was really intense. it was whiteout conditions. the rai...

Shep. >> shepard: catherine, thanks. >> youre welcome. >> shepard: and lawmakers are demanding answers from the marine corps about pin-up boards that objectify women. they have been around for years, but now theres action.

There was a sense early on, you know, wham was a great, you know, kind of teen pop band, but i think he made a real effort to prove that he could stand out on his own as a singer. there were moments with wham even when somebody was of a mind to dismiss them. i think as soon as you heard a song like "careless whisper" or "father figure," these balanlad he you knew he was in the presence of a great performer. >> and hes also a songwriter. >> thats true. he would essentially play all the instrument...

Fixed, but there has been problems with the angle of attack indicator. the faa has had mandatory repair orders for that. and im hopeful that that is not one of the causes of this crash. >> okay. if i may, john cox, would you mind weighing in on this? im curious because its 70 degrees, its daylight and here we are talking about a possible mechanical malfunction that the pilot might not be able to override. whats your opinion on that? >> yeah, respectfully, a couple of things. one, the air france ...

Carolinas. >> yeah, we are three weeks away from hurricane season, and what we have a squall line moving through and that straight line wind damage potential with threatening range and lightning. sometimes you get a spin up here as far as a tornado, and we had a tornado warning briefly issued to the north of dallas. what has happened is that rotation has fallen apart, and its still a straight line wind damage, and they issued a severe thunderstorm warning, so we are not concerned so much as a sp...

Globes? >> i had it set up to watch it tonight. i had about as much interest in this stuff as i do with dog crap in the street that i step in. >> thats the smell? >> as somewhat of an expert of being under the influence, jackie was under the influence, no question about it. >> of what? >> i would say alcohol, but you dont get up there and do something like that -- what is it about these people? can they not just get up there and graciously accept something, say thank you for this thing. they hav...

Globes? >> i had it set up to watch it tonight. i had about as much interest in this stuff as i do with dog crap in the street that i step in. >> thats the smell? >> as somewhat of an expert of being under the influence, jackie was under the influence, no question about it. >> of what? >> i would say alcohol, but you dont get up there and do something like that -- what is it about these people? can they not just get up there and graciously accept something, say thank you for this thing. they hav...