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Following this story with us this hour. derek in carolina beach, north carolina. and derek, i understand one resident telling cnn this day was worse for him than the other day. talk to us about what you're seeing and experiencing there. >> well, 36 hours of hell basically, george. we've got brutal conditions at the moment. i'm protected by a reinforced concrete wall just to my right. but if i step back 10 feet we would be in the thick of very strong tropical storm force winds. every little while we'll get a little spin up in the winds and it'll knock me off my feet. we continue to brace oursel...

Us, because we are having the concept of one just went by there, but this is just the track because of that area of high pressure that the storm that developed right behind it is going to follow the same track. >> why do they feed on warm water? >> when you see something spin up, you need to create energy, you need to create lift. so you need something to feed those storms to get those towering clouds and they just pull up all of this warm water in a wide open space of ocean and develop these incredible structures that once they develop, they just kind of keep feeding on themselves. every stor...

Surge. but now it's your turn as the center of the storm passes up to the north. even on the eastern side of this, the winds still gusting, roaring at 70 miles per hour. you saw thomas' live shot out there in the tampa/saint pete area. it's just a roaring, relentless wind. that will continue here for tonight. with that, you get these power outages. you get the tree limbs coming down instantaneously, the transformers blowing on you. again, it's not a friendly night to be out. you want to be hunkered down in your house, away from windows because, remember, some of these objects become projectile...

Island is the northern edge. that's where he said the signal from jeff was coming from. and you'll notice pretty abruptly that tree outside his front window and the other trees will start to not sway as much. obviously, he's still in some torrential rain and so would you say, are you still with us? >> yes. >> would you say, is the northern eyewall, was it worse, better, or as expected as it went through? >> it was -- it was what i expected. it was really intense. it was whiteout conditions. the rain was coming in sideways. it looked like a mist. that's all it looked like. that's all i could se...

Shep. >> shepard: catherine, thanks. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: and lawmakers are demanding answers from the marine corps about pin-up boards that objectify women. they have been around for years, but now there's action.