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F. youre on the outer banks, youre not going anywhere else. the reason why it is so important and so dangerous is because, as rob mentioned, if this storm were to come even relatively close to land, you will deal with the western half of the storm. the side here, the winds spinning counterclockwise. you can still deal with the brunt of this wind which will extend about some 90 miles from the center of it. tropical storm force winds over 200 miles from the center. so keeping that in mind and look...

Trouble. nobody. you cant hear me? ali cant hear me. >> we cant hear you. >> i should say bad things because they cant hear me. i hope you can hear me. im t.j. holmes in for krya phillips. we are going to be not talking about base-brawls. we have a big night on our hands with the storm. hurricane earl is on the way. it could make it to the coast, close to the coast at least today. at some point tonight we are keeping a close eye on. our reynolds wolf is here tracking it. we are talking about man...

Weakening at least that is certainly the hope. the other hope is that make that right turn and sooner rather than later. they havent done that just yet. reynolds will expound on that a little more later on to see when that thing will turn. if it jog further to the west 20, 30 miles, then you are talking about this area being in the core of the western core of that eye wall. and thats much, much more dangerous than being 20, 30 miles away from it. thats going to be a dicey situation come around 1...

Morning, are taking it much more serious now that its a category 4 with the forecasts that it will come very, very close and potentially even closer. if if does even jog 10, 20, 30 miles west that could put the area right in the core of the western eye wall and that is not a place you want to be. so that is a fear and until this passes us late tonight, early tomorrow morning, folks are certainly sweating it just a little bit and visitors have been told to get out of the outer banks and we have s...

On. schools are closed. the beachgoers and the storm onlookers are already out here. the way the landscape is set up tease coast different from the gulf of mexico. you dont worry so much about storm surge. it is low tide now. waves are building, high tide will be up right where we are standing. there are slifvers of the outer bank. in hurricanes past have been completely washed over. some cases cut off to where you have people cut off from the mainland. thats certainly a concern here and thats o...

Frame so our viewers at home can get a look at whats happening. bring it back a little bit. then put it into motion. just one frame at a time. you will see basically the structure of the storm. have you your eye right here. you have a lot of, say, reds and purples surround it. thats the area, strongest part of the storm. we are beginning to see something else. little bit of dry air trying to break into the center structure of the storm. which is a sign of some weakening. as we advance it, again,...

Winds at 115. it is going to move farther to the north and as it does so just off the coast, cooler water where it should help weaken it with winds at 100. keep in mind as we wrap things up, although the path has it and even the cone of uncertainty keeps it offshore, this is something that extends way, way out. hurricane force winds that are going to extend 09 miles away from the center. 200 miles off. even if the storm were to make landfall on the coast, you can have widespread power outages th...

Affiliate wral. >> reporter: south of kitty hawk, that house made famous by the movie is shutting down a day or two. >> we dont want p to lose any of the famous blue shutters. >> reporter: a trap jam on the only road off the island. an all too familiar scene when the storm threatens the outer banks. >> hopefully i will be here and gone by friday morning midday. take it all down and store it somewhere. >> reporter: some vacationers are cutting their stay at the outer banks short. >> it is disappo...

Hurricane earl is back up to a category 4 storm. there are watches and warnings all up and down the east coast, north carolina in particular right now is bracing for the storm to go by it sometime maybe late this evening am there are mandatory evacuations that are in place especially for tourists but full-time residents being told to get out of there. others, of course, are hunkering down, going to ride it out. there are threats though the storm is not expected to make la landfall in north carol...

View of a tremendous storm. if you were to include the outflow of the storm, the waves or rather the clouds of the far reaches of it, it could actually cover a good deal of the state of texas. it is truly an immense storm and best place is to view it from space. this is a shot from the space station. it is breathtaking in scope. amaze when you look at the clouds, effect of this poe ten cloy have on millions of people. millions of americans living up and down the eastern seaboard. >> the point yo...