adviser, meteorologist, i should say, for the national weather service. he's based in wilmington, north carolina, just a little bit north of where i am. and steven, this storm, it really is a multiple threat. >> yeah. we're seeing potential deadly storm surge and catastrophic rainfall as this storm slows near the coast. so it's not just going to be the wind element or the surge element or the rainfall, possibly all three of those, as this storm approaches. so certainly a life-threatening situation that we had to prepare for. >> a few minutes ago, we talked to our meteorologist, chad myers, who said the hurricane was moving in toward the coast at 17 miles an hour. but you've just begun to see some signs of slowing down. >> yeah, it looks like that trend in the models that have been showing, and of course the national hurricane center's forecast with the slowing trend will occur today. and that's going to be so unfortunate, because with the storm in the area for so long,