they think it's the fourth of july and it's all about priorities. >> well, the storms don't know the date, that's for sure. indra, stand by. i want to go to alina machado. alina has the lousy spot right now. give us a comparison, your shot to indra's and what you're experiencing. >> it's interesting. indra says there's people out on the beach there. look at the beach here. it's practically empty. that's a good thing because earlier today before we got the first strong band of wind and rain there were a lot of people out here. many of them in the water. there were several surfers out there and that's what officials didn't want to happen. once that first band came through and people saw just how strong the rain and wind can be people left and this is what we've had and this is really good. and this is good news here in north carolina. the bottom line is that officials here are still very worried about those rip currents and they're hoping that people