and about and you know, staying off the beaches and staying safe. and what does that mean for you, in terms of storm surge and really compounding the problem of what you would see from flooding? well, specifically in hatteras, because it s such a low-lying area, you re going to see a lot of potential overwash from the beach. you know, overtaking the roads, just making it very hazardous to just travel by car. so, again, the proximity to the water, we re so close with the sand dunes just on the other side of the roads there, so it s going to be pretty hazardous. advise everyone to just stay safe and stay inside and definitely away from the beach and it s always kind of interesting to see people kind of get out and see the storm, but the one thing that gets people off guard is strong storms surge and the unpredictability of the waves.
as possible regarding utility service, water services, roads, transportation, and anything else that needs to be repaired or fixed within a very short period of time. but again, our main issue is the health and safety of our citizens and those people who are visiting north carolina. right now, hurricane arthur is approximately 200 miles south of wilmington. the rain and wind effects are expected to start being felt in the wilmington area early afternoon with the outer bands of the storm expected to reach the outer banks by mid-afternoon. the storm is expected to bring as much as 5 inches of rain to the outer banks. and less than 1 inch to 3 inches of rain inland. overwash is expected on a very, very fragile road and that s nc highway 12 if any of you have been there. literally outside highway 12, you literally may have 5 to 10 yards of space between water on both sides. so, of course, we re very
back online as quick as possible as far as utility service and water and roads and transportation and anything especially that needs to be prepared or fixed within a very short period of time. but again, our main issue is the health and safety of our citizens and those people who are visiting north carolina. right now hurricane arthur is approximately 200 miles south of wilmington. the rain and wind effects are going to start being felt in the wilmington area, earlier in the afternoon with the outer bands expected ed tto reach the oute by the afternoon. less than 1 inching to three inches of rain inland. overwash is expected on a very, very fraj jagile road, and thatc highway 12. if any of you have been there, literally outside highway 12, you literally may have five to ten yards of space between water
stinging into your face was a very gruesome experience, one that i would not recommend to anybody. we thought about going inland a little bit because of the overwash starting to come on to the boardwalk here and then we realized it s so dark because there s no power in this whole town, we didn t know what we would run into because earlier we had seen stoplights smashed on to the ground, we saw roof tiles flying off. it wasn t a pretty as a matter of fact, let me show you something. to give you an idea, chris, of how dangerous this is, there s a sign up there that is flapping in the wind right now. you can see that is a metal sign and appropriately, it says, bo body piercing. if that were to fly off and hit us, it would be doing some body piercing, as a matter of fact my photographer was hit by a falling piece of sign and it cut his wrist and ring finger but if
i got the folks at the seaside heights police department, fire department and dpw to rescue me and patch my tire. i got to give a shout-out to nose folks because they really saved me. there s no goodyear or firestone store around to help me today. i guarantee you that. standing out in those winds 40 miles an hour, 45 miles an hour on the boardwalk with the spray and the sand and the saltwater stinging in your face was a very gruesome experience. one i would not recommend to anybody. we thought about going inland a little bit because of the overwash starting to come on to the boardwalk here, and then we realized it s so dark because there s no power in this whole town. well, we didn t know what we d run into because earlier we d seen stop lights smashed on to the ground. we saw roof tiles flying off. it wasn t a pretty as a matter of fact, let me show you something. to give you an idea, chris, of how dangerous this is. there s a sign up there that is