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Right up to your home and in some cases taking it. >> absolutely. and tough decisions to be made there, some folks staying behind protecting their property, but sometimes that gets them into a heap of trouble and firefighters get into trouble as well trying to rescue them. lets check in on conditions. look at these plumes of smoke can be seen from space. and notice something here during the early part of the day, not much happening. and then as the winds increase, things get really going. this i...

Situation. >> i was told you were in a bar or tavern where there are many in the keys. did you run into people that plan to stay there. if so, where? where there masonry buildings that have survived previous storms that are several stories up. >> i was actually not at a bar today. i ate lunch earlier at a pizza place. there were a lot of emergency personnel, police, and from the sounds of it theyre going to bunker up in a concrete hotel in the center -- after a certain time out there, after thos...

Here is a timeline. tonight, we are going to see the surge start to build at the high tide, basically from north carolina all through new jersey. typical flood-prone areas. low-lying areas in coastal regions will start to see flooding because of the high tide and because of that storm surge. as we go into monday morning, that surge will build again at high tide, but from virginia all the way up to the south coast of long island. flooding, beach erosion, likely at that point. winds increase, and ...

Door and taking names of anyone who stayed so they can track them down later if the worse case scenario occurs. >> what are the people saying, what are they telling you? >> reporter: most people just are very attached to their property. they want to be there to kind of defend their home against p these storms. we dont recommend that. these hurricanes are very strong. all that surge, wind, water, will leave sights like this. damage like that will continue throughout the island. >> your a storm ch...