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When the winds get higher. right now we're seeing winds of about 40 miles an hour, gusts up to 50 miles an hour. so when they do reach a certain level it will be tougher for emergency personnel to reach people. also a problem is some of the roads have been covered, either by sand or by water. some of the main routes including route 1, really covered up. so people have had to have left already if they're going to leave the shoreline. right now one positive is in ocean city the tourist season is largely over. you have a hardcore group of 7,000 who live here. they're used to storms and tough weat...

We've been forecasting a category 1 hurricane to remain offshore and make this left-hand turn which it has been doing overnight and this morning. it is now getting to an area where waters will be colder, but gets the shot of energy to keep its intensity up. defight -- despite the fact it is making into a poestd tropical system it is not changing impacts and a large system. we'll have several life-threatening hazards and storm surge and heavy rains and flooding and high winds going inland. one of the problems in landfall that will exacerbate the whole issue is the slowdown in the forward speed ...

You're basically ingesting all the energy in what would be just a pretty weak low pressure center. martha: unusual to see something like this so late in the year and hitting this part of the coast, which is something we haven't seen in a long time. >> it is. and the hurricane is at such a high latitude too which is unusual. the upper level jet stream pattern is almost acting like a vacuum and helping to intensify the hurricane even though it is moving into a colder environment. it should start to transition to extra tropical sigh cyclone. it should pack winds of 80 to 90 miles an hour. we have...