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Centric eye wall edging closer to where i'm standing. fortunately we are in a safe position, but these -- there is another one of those gusts in you're not ready for it, it will knock you over. there are so many of my senses that get heightened during these storms and it bridges back memories from last year when, george, you and i and so many of our colleagues were covering hurricane irma and maria in south florida. the smell of the generators providing us the electricity. >> right. >> all these things just remind us of those moments. what people are going through who decided not to heed the e...

About the number really, it's about how long this storm stays around. you know, how long it stalls out over the southeastern part of the united states, how much wind it brings, how much rain it brings, and then the storm surge is certainly an immediate threat, life-threatening storm surge along the coast line that we'll all have to monitor very closely. karen, thank you again. you know, it is interesting to talk about the numbers around the hurricane. we have been doing a lot of that, but there is another story that plays out when storms like this come in. again, it was a category 4, a categ...

Could be looking at something like 18, 19 feet. >> we're watching very closely the river, which we're not expecting to crest until tuesday. so there's a long, you know, couple of days still to come. it's going to be miserable for a number of days for people. and, you know, they've got to buckle down, stay where they are and try to get through this the best they can. >> and now we are in the outer bands of that storm. the wind is here, the rain is here. storm surge a big concern as florence pushes inland. i'm george howl in wilmington, north carolina. our coverage continues here on cnn with "ea...

For too long. i don't know if i'll be able to get back to it any time soon. we also spoke with a person today who made that personal decision to ride the storm out on his boat. here's that story. >> yes, this is my boat and i have extra lines out as you can see. i also have an anchor chain. >> the boat will rock, roll and pitch. the waters sure here to rise, but joe sermon is preparing for the rough ride in the hours ahead. you are going to ride the storm out in here. as the full force of hurricane florence pushes into wilmington. i have to tell you, i've been on this boat a few minutes ...

Least 1100 search and rescue personnel are already in the region prepared to do what is necessary as the storm passes through. we know that some 300 ambulances are already here. that's according to fema and the army corps of engineers. we understand that there are 105 generators that are already in place. they're here. 15 more are on the way. these generators are very important because they are strong enough to power schools, strong enough to power hospitals, very important to point out that these things are here as people find the storm move on and the damage that is left behind. we have ou...