>> don, we have seen an increase in new bern, north carolina. we're north of you where the noose river and the pimlico sound meet. a lot of intercoastal waterways leading to the atlantic ocean. the river has gone through union point park and it's now reaching across the road past the barriers into downtown new bern at this point and, again, you pointed out, we're just now seeing these outer bands. now, we haven't had too much on the part of this severe wind here but in new bern, in craven county, the problem is not going to be the wind. the problem is going to be the water. i am standing on a road right now. and for reference, i am almost six feet tall so it's now reaching above my knees. that there, there are people just a few minutes ago sitting in those little benches, letting the water rush up on them which is insanely dangerous but out there this is the noose river. we have watched it steadily rise as the wind has picked up a little bit. we've seen aggressive white caps coming in but you can see on