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Holding up fine here. we are starting to feel the first outer bands of the storm. the eye of the storm is expected to hit well offshore. we are getting sideways rain and bigger waves here. all day it's been a debate in cape cod and nantucket just how hard this storm was going to hit, just how much preparation people should take. we have seen people really on the fence. some people deciding to pull their boats out. harbor, others leaving them in. one of the big concerns here when a hurricane hits is trees going down. trees going down when could knock electricity out. we have seen a number of me...

Then i want to ask but what is next? >> reporter: you bet. earl was such a formidable storm and you can see the cold front moving in. that's what is driving this off towards the east. we have another 8 hours to get through. then we will be done with earl and we will set up for a pretty nice weekend. but very rough conditions across the southeastern area of new england. eastern end of long island is about done with some storm as well. but it continues to pull off to the northeast. and the center's going to be 80 to 100 miles away from nantucket. that's very good news. we are probably dealing wi...