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About some people letting their guard down because they were thinking, well, it's not going to be as bad as we thought it was going to be. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the wind is strengthening and only gotten stronger. we have yet to feel a drop of rain but conditions will only deteriorate as hours progress. on the notion of people taking this seriously, i think the most people i've spoken unfortunately may not be taking it as serious as emergency management officials would like them to take it. this was under a mandatory evacuation warning at 1:00 p.m. but in the week that we've been out...

Been keeping a close eye on this track and there is starting to feel like there's some fatigue among the residents. they've been prepared for this storm as early as last wednesday. initially the storm was expected to hit last night, sunday night -- or rather sunday night into monday morning. the preparations are not as significant as you would think. yesterday when we were going around this community, we talked to a lot of residents who were under a mandatory evacuation warning but were planning on not evacuating at all. a lot of the conversations i had were people that said that they have bee...

>> the rain's long gone. this river is still rising. >> yeah. that's what still concerning is that we have a beautiful carolina day out around us and behind us you can see water's still rising and many of our residents who are concerned will be complacent and not heed the evacuation warning. we have 12,000 residents who could be in harm's way if the river continues to rise. >> reporter: now one of the things to look at here is a light post. should be the end of a boat ramp where the water normally is and we're 20 to 30 feet above that. authorities here say that they have done everything they c...

Homes. rob: aaron ehrenberg and her kids flood 150 miles to escape the storm and she joins us live by phone. thanks for calling in. you guys live in south carolina and sounds like you headed to florida to get completely out of the path of this storm. it has somewhat fallen apart over the last couple days, now just a category one but this is going to be a water event. what made you leave? >> we were under mandatory evacuation and we took that seriously. we have three little kids. we just moved to south carolina from los angeles, california although i have family in hilton head. we saw the evacu...

Not want to leave for various reasons or did not necessarily believe that the storm surge here would be as bad as it ultimately turned out to be. this was not a wind event here. it's been rainy but that's not been the thing causing the flooding. it's been that surge off the river. now that i think most of that is behind us, probably, i don't want to make big bold predictions but probably the worst is behind us in new bern except another long, dark night without power. two-thirds of the city is without power. no indication that's coming back soon. >> we're watching your coverage of the rescues....