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Over. >> so you should not be out in the water. >> there's an executive order on that. >> does this concern you you're seeing so many people? >> a little bit because most of the folks did evacuate. they probably don't live on the beach but they're taking advantage of this last bit of calm weather. >> you said someone else's irresponsibility can get -- can cause you to use more resources. >> our police and fire and ems have other things they need to be doing. they don't need to be rescuing somebody from a completely preventable incident. >> everyone talks about oh, well, it's a category 4, it c...

Brian todd in hampstead, north carolina. brian, i understand that you're getting it there. what's going on? >> reporter: right, don, this is the inter coastal waterway behind me. the waterway obviously between the mainland north carolina and the outer banks, some of the barrier islands. if it looks like i'm standing in the intercoastal waterway, i'm not. i'm standing on old landing road. right now this road and the inter coastal are pretty much one in the same because as you can see the storm surge is coming in and this road is starting to get flooded. i'm in a few inches of water. not severe ...

Precipitation. we're worried that when we come here, people sleeping on the strength of this storm, oh, it's a category two or three or four, what about matthew? what about hugo? it's a mistake. that number doesn't tell the whole story. the size of the storm matters. the speed matters. 30 inches of water will change what this community looks like. this is a beautiful day for people but they're not supposed to be here. this is a mandatory evacuation. so what happens if all of these other aspects of florence are made manifest? that is the concern. that's the concern for first responders who

This here cane we're in a city called morehead city. we're looking due south on to the storm but the top part of the hurricane, the bands of rain and wind are whipping down on us. the winds are pushing the water, you can see how strong from this dock the currents are and the waves are. that one boat has taken on a good amount of water and it doesn't appear to be going anywhere. there's two other boats that have been pushed back into the bank of land. this boat to my left has been whipping around. this is the dock area that for the most part has been cleared out and this city has gone quiet, we...

The wind push. you can see behind me the swing sets, the trash cans which are being pushed by the water that is continuing to steady rise. we have ducks floweding on water. park benches and grass where people had picnics out here. we're standing on a roadway area where people enjoy themselves here so to give you this idea. the wind is starting to kick up right now. the emergency managers have people waiting, they have about 700 different individuals waiting for after the storm to help out. the national guard is here, we've spoken with them already as well. the craven county emergency manager s...