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Of people coming to the local totals because they want to make sure to restore power as soon as possible, but they are expecting power to go out for millions of floridians and they want to try to get that back online, but people need to be prepared with things like water and bread just in case that power goes out and is out for a while, you want to be able to sustain yourself for three days. >> sara sidner in daytona beach, we'll get back to you. i want to get back to the weather center for us. sarah, she's getting wave, after wave of it coming through every 30 minutes. tell us what's going o ...

>> reporter: yeah, and in fact, don, i will give you an update. the national weather service in melbourne, florida some, frightening language. i'm going to read it to you now. it warns locations may be uninhabitable for weeks or months, widespread, extensive to devastating wind impacts and such effects have not been experienced in central florida in decades, talking about widespread power outages that might not get power back on for weeks, perhaps, and also damage to infrastructure roads and the like. i can tell you just over there behind us, about 30 seconds ago, bright blue flash, obviously ...

We're talking about inlet areas because every inlet in florida -- florida has all these natural inland waterways that pull off the coastline. as this storm pulls along and possibly bounces along the florida coastline, it's not only going to have devastating and dangerous and destructive wind impacts, it's not only going to shred buildings along the coastline with its powerful winds of about 140 miles an hour, but it's going to shove this water 6 feet is possible. now, i'm standing at dry mark at high tide. so, we're talking about water right here with waves on top of me, moving onto the shorel...

Night hours into early morning hours here. yes, heavy rain. they're still talking about that 7-inch rainfall along the east coast of florida. yes, that tidal surge. it's the combination of the rain and surge that can be so devastating. not just for the coastline here. we're talking about inlet area. every inlet in florida -- florida has all these natural inland waterways that pull off the coastline. as this storm pulls along and possibly bounces along the florida coastline, it's not only going to have devastating and dangerous and destructive wind impacts, it's not only going to shred building...

>> welcome back to "fox & friends." sandy sounds like a nice name. sandy is anything but. let's get to rick reichmuth who is tracking this nasty storms. >> i have seen so many greece references with that storm. >> i thought that was original. >> sandra d. >> a lot of rain for a lot of people with this sometimes we talk about the coastal impacts which we are going to see from. this wind impacts. also flooding inland from this storm. these are some the model forecasts. 11 inches in towards nags head. the bulls eye of it is going to be south jersey in toward the chesapeake bay. right now the mode...