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As it gets beyond north carolina the speed isn't going to increase like we see with some of these storms. the forecast is for it to continuing move around that speed. the areas it affects will be lasting a while. >> greta: anything peculiar with this hurricane? >> the biggest thing was the winds extend way out of the storm along way. we saw that with hurricane katrina prior to landfall. hurricane force winds extended nearly 100 miles along the coastline. most of the strongest winds with this storm, with the aircraft out there at the moment, typically north and eastside of the storm. if the sto...

Why and what you learned? >> well, we do this to keep the national hurricane center abreast of what is going on right now in the hurricane and to tell them exactly where that storm is and exactly how far out the winds extend. of course, we know this is a very large storm. we had a very good flight last night. one of the biggest things that we've seen last night and even today, the storm has maintained intensity. it hasn't strengthened that much it also hasn't weakened that much that's the reason we are out there to catch these things when they do change intensity. >> greta: what is it like to ...