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Outer banks, and then as the storm goes up to the pamlico and the sounds, push the water north and in the back edge of the winds counterclockwise coming from the northwest could push all that water stacked up at the top of the bay into the western shore of this area. so it could be sandwiched by water on both sides. and that s the problem. the fears it could take out houses. roads, and put sand on the roads. cut areas into the actual island like it did in 2003. so they re very concerned about that situation. hats why they ve ordered everyone here to get out. yesterday the tourists left. most of them went. you re not seeing them here today. today was the day for residents. many indeed boarded up and left. they re not putting up with the storm. many others, including long timers, been through many storms are staying saying we ve been through all the storms we re going it stay this time, be in our houses to take care of any problems that occur. ....
Senator, thanks very much for joining us. i was listening to your governor, beth perdue earlier, talking about 20 different counties in the direct path. 3.5 million people in north carolina alone. are you guys ready? well, i think we are certainly as ready as anybody can be in a storm of the magnitude and size that we re talking about. that s why we ve certainly encourages the evacuation of all of the tourists and the residents on the outer banks. you know, i m sure you heard what mark potter had to say. aid of long-term residents who are ignoring the storm. are you worried about that. i am. because of fact if this storm surge does happen, where the flooding could be very severe, and obviously, you add that into high, high, strong winds, it certainly could be a very difficult situation for many people. about 48 hours from now, what are we going to be talking about? what are your biggest fears? well, my biggest fears are ....
That s actuallied wind field of hurricane force winds right there. now, watch this as we zoom this up right into sunday, early morning. you can see it as it crosses over the carolinas into the delmarva peninsula. that wind getting very, very close there into washington, d.c. then as we move this up here, right towards central new jersey. most of new jersey at this point is going to experience hurricane force winds. and then, of course, into sunday. right around the noon hour. that s when it s expected to peak right here in new york city. look at that. the center of the track takes it right over central long island, very close to new york city. that s, of course, why they re closing down the subways for the first time in history. a historic storm on so many proportions. chris, you and i covered so many storms. it s only happen add handful of time. up the coastline. many people don t know how to prepare for this. all the warns and everything we ve been talking about are for ....
Carolina s outer banks obviously and new york s island, fire island and all low-lying areas of new york city. more than a quarter million people affected there. let s go to where it s all happening. mark potter in nags head, north carolina. how are things looking there? reporter: hi, chris. just now in the last hour and hour nast and a half feeling the first effects ever the storm. i think i see it on the horizon and i have my raincoat ready. my notebook, getting that kind of wind. the surf is kicking up now a lot more. much more angrier than this morning. the big concern here is, of course, it s going to get a lot worse into tonight and much worse tomorrow. and the biggest problem that emergency managers are fearing here involves the surf. if this storm comes as they fear, just to the west of the outer banks, there could be a special problem with the storm surge. first, the leading winds coming counterclockwise, could push water from the atlantic on to the eastern shore here of the ....
Impact. brian, i ll tell you, just looking at that picture, i ve seen it a million times today, the size of that storm is unbelievable. yeah. that s the thing, chris. it is the size that is the problem here. it s not that it s the strongest hurricane we ve ever seen, but it is one of the really big ones. let s look at the satellite picture close pup. it s off of charleston, south carolina. and they are getting tropical storm force winds and waves over ten feet high on that side. of course, the core of it is heading for north carolina, just as forecast, and we don t see anything that is going to be able to change that. so there s the track. it takes it over cape hatteras. it s during the morning hours tomorrow, the bad weather arrives, and then moves through the day, and then arriving in the northeast coast on sunday. now, we re expecting at the core of it, wherever that is, a weakening storm. but the problem is the wind impact is going to be huge and ....