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Have fleed north carolina outer banks there. a 200 mile string of narrow barrier islands and home to about 57,000 permanent residents but as msnbc sarah dollof who is there right now for us, knows so well, it's not 57,000 people during holidays like this. tell us. what have you seen in terms of the tourists, as well as the residents and how they have been reacting the last 24 hours? >> well, i can actually show you. i don't need to tell you. about 250,000 extra people here on the island. the visitors and, of course, the media and folks like this who are not heeding warnings to stay inside, but...

>> visiting unneeded jeopardy. >> please be prepared at this potential time for potential flooding in those areas that we're going to be talking about fade or potential power outages. oar potential surges in the water. especially with regards to rip tides in the ocean. we want you to where prepared s water and flashlights and things you should have in an emergency preparedness kit. we have got the best team in the united states for me fairing for emergencies. we proved it in the recent ice storms and we're going to proof it again during this hurricane. we're already taking action in preparatio...

Sitting on the runway? >> three hours on the runway. >> sounds fun! >> check out these pictures and you'll see why she didn't make it up here. some of the lightning in new york city. you didn't want to be up in that plane, katty, trust me. incredible. several counties in north carolina are under a state of emergency as hurricane arthur looms over this busy july fourth holiday. right now it's spinning 150 miles out to sea and the system could intensify from there but big section of the eastern seaboard is bracing for heavy rain and potential rip tides through the weekend and enough to trigger m...

Possible. we're asking our citizens and those people who are visiting this weekend to be extremely careful so as also not to put our public safety personnel in unneeded jeopardy. we also are letting -- want to let every citizen and visitor know please be prepared at this potential time for potential flooding in those areas that we're going to be talking about today or potential power outages or potential surges in the water, especially with regards to rip tides and the ocean. we want you to be prepared with safety packages, the amount of water and lighting and flashlights and other things that...

Up to moorhead city will be scoured with six to ten-foot waves and also the beach erosion and the biggest threat that i see in this entire storm will be those rip currents trying pull people out into the ocean as the water comes on to the shore and then washes people back after the shore. we have a pretty good idea of where this storm will go, jim. all of the models are really, really, they're bunched together and as we go through the rest of the day, as the water comes over the top of the sand bars and the water gets pushed out here from the rip currents and the rip tides and then it gets pus...