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We have become very good friends. it's the first time i can say, jim, i think you really saved me here. it was a precarious moment i was holding myself unable move because of the wiptd. when it caught me, it took me over to the concrete pillar. jim grabbed on to me, he was able to at least steady me. as i slid by the way into an area with a wall protective of the wind. he found himself balancing himself against the wind. we have a wind meter out there. if you told me that wind was 135, 145 miles an hour, i'd absolutely believe you. i'd say, very, very powerful strong, strong gusts that you kno...

Have a last minute decision to try to get out. if they dial 911, craig, you know, you've heard it before. the fire officials, the police say you're on your own. we'll deal with you afterwards, but not during. >> hard to believe half the city according to their own estimates, decided not to evacuate. for our viewers who are watching, kerry, upper left-hand corner of the screen there's this wind meter. can you tell us exactly what that is? do you have the wind meter on your person? you don't have it? >> reporter: you know, i don't have that. i don't have that device with me, but the gusts here, ...

Bad. if it were as bad as some of the models showed it, you would not survive staying in the coastline. at the end of the day it is for your own safety. >> yeah. mike tyson joins me now. mike has been kind enough to give me his wind meter. i have been wondering why -- this wind is really picking you have. this is as strong as we've seen it in myrtle beach, right? >> oh, yeah. the winds have picked up over the last several hours since i arrived here. i think the winds are going to continue to increase here throughout the night. >> yeah. about 33 miles per hour, that's the wind gusts. we can get...

The water and the chanlz. maybe more than just live on the edge of the beach. frors >> that's really what we've seen with the rescue we apprec you times and you just thought maybe they're underestimate thing storm and the devastation but you realize when it comes to health or financial situation and. >> and i want to go to wilmington, north carolina. when i saw you yesterday you were holding up that wind meter. it looks like it's picked significantly since then.

We were going to try to walk to the beach but that's not happening. i promise you i'm not over dramatizing the strength of the wind. can you can over and show how hard, they told us to expect 75 mile-per-hour winds sometime overnight. i can't hold the wind meter right now but it certainly feels like were getting close to that if not overnight. this is pretty intense. >> i give you another look down atlantic avenue which is deserted right now there's very little to show you accept some water, good news for daytona they're not getting a lot of damage that we know of, although as i reported befor...