hour after hour of the feeder bands interewith thunderstorms, some could see a community drenched and the next not so much in between the bands. then the system has to pull northward. hour after hour and a couple of days of this. the storm surge is getting better on the coast of florida. now because of the curvature of the carolinas and that coastline we are looking at four to seven. now the winds. we are getting near -- we are into the tropical storm force rain from cape canaveral to daytona. northward. and then we see hurricane force wind gusts as we get closer to the carolinas because of the close proximity and again because of the curvature. we are not through with this. a good reminder to check loose items are not around. furniture, lawn equipment, you name it. tie a it all down. >> cnn's brian todd is in sewell's point, florida, just north of west palm beach. brian, that area surrounded by two rivers and the ocean. you said the hurricane is