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So, we were very unprepared. and then first thing this morning, you know, heard that it was going to be a category 5. so i raced over to the market here first thing in the morning and everybody at the resort was doing the same thing, to get food and water and make sure that we would have something. i feel like, you know, i've never been through something like this. so they didn't give us a whole lot of information on how to prepare and they told everyone to meet in the lobby at a certain time and they evacuated everyone out of the building. >> well, we will be thinking of you, and dpluk, amara...

i'm christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. >> happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnn's martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. you are right. we were told about 12 hours before that ceremony was to ...

Steve, what's it like so far? >> reporter: none of that rain hitting yet. the winds have gotten slightly stronger with gusts up to 30 or 40 miles per hour. they expect the eye of the storm to pass 100 miles offshore here in virginia beach. so they don't expect too much physical damage. 200 national guard troops have been moved to the coastline in case they are necessary and shelters have been set up for as many as 20,000 people. that doesn't look like it's going to happen so far. throughout the day, we saw people boarding up their houses with plywood or hard plastic. but a lot more cureiosity....

>> reporter: none of that rain hitting yet. the winds have gotten slightly stronger with gusts up to 30 or 40 miles per hour. they expect the eye of the storm to pass 100 miles offshore here in virginia beach. so they don't expect too much physical damage. 200 national guard troops have been moved to the coastline in case they are necessary and shelters have been set up for as many as 20,000 people. that doesn't look like it's going to happen so far. throughout the day, we saw people boarding up their houses with plywood or hard plastic. but a lot more cureiosity. even righted now, we have a n...

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