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in fact, it's slightly higher than what was forecasted by those that talked about the highest estimates. we have to get the emergency services to wear the where theye needed. that means we've got to know where the emergencies are. if you're clogging 9-1-1, we can't find that out. then we've got to get the personnel to where people really need help. if your car is blocking the roads, we can't do that. as to the current weather, the rain i'm happy to say has passed and moved to our west, so we don't anticipate anything more than a few showers from now on. in terms of the winds, they sh...

i'm concerned about all of these wonderful folks from the guard to highway patrolmen who are out and willing to risk their lives during the storm itself. i'm concerned about the folks who think they're going to ride it out for the joy or the thrill, which is befudling for me. afb the storm passes we'll be concerned ar if immediacy of the recovery and the damage and devastation we're concerned will happen to north carolina. >> that was north carolina governor bev perdue speaking about her concerns regarding hurricane irene. i'm back with continuing coverage of hurricane irene on msn...

i'm concerned about all of these wonderful folks from the guard to highway patrolmen who are out and willing to risk their lives during the storm itself. i'm concerned about the folks who think they're going to ride it out for the joy or the thrill, which is befudling for me. afb the storm passes we'll be concerned ar if immediacy of the recovery and the damage and devastation we're concerned will happen to north carolina. >> that was north carolina governor bev perdue speaking about her concerns regarding hurricane irene. i'm back with continuing coverage of hurricane irene on msn...

from the fox weather center as she has been now for days. j.d., what do we know? >> reporter: well, we know this is a category two storm, but the takeaway message remains the same as yesterday as a category three storm. it's still going to create a lot of problems up and down the northeast corridor. the storm the right now, again, 105 mile-per-hour sustained winds, but we do have maximum winds of 120 miles per hour within the core of this storm. we're going to see the potential for up to a foot of rain, very strong storm surge. we could have power outages not only for days, for weeks...

storm warning. you're under a hurricane warning if you're headed east. maryland and virginia have already declared emergencies. hurricane irene has been downgraded to a category 2 storm, but that won't likely last long. forecasters say it will likely grow back into a category 3 hurricane later today. this storm is expected to make landfall tomorrow in north carolina. all together, 65 million people in the u.s. could be impacted by irene. and we have live coverage on the preps for hurricane irene. meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the storm. john schriffen is live in ocean city,...