lifetime. it is still, it does not change our thinking on this event. tamron, if i could say one more thing, i put out a notice here that all of these things have happened before. everything that we have talked about has happened before, but never in one hurricane. so, we know that these things can happen, but it is just that this one is a perfect storm of convergence of events. >> all right. bryan, thank you very much. now, msnbc's mark potter who is actually at nags head, north carolina, where we saw the waves kicking up behind you all morning long. what is the latest there, mark? >> well, hey, tamron, it has been fairly calm here today. we had a gray overcast sky, but we haven't had any rain yet, and the winds are relatively calm. they are picking up a little bit, and we know a lot more is coming, but they haven't hit yet. the waves are kicking up, but not the spectacular waves yet and all of that to come starting tonight and into tomorrow. the big issue here is evacuations. the tourists left the island yesterday and the residents here