carolina. let's go to doug who is live, we'll go to him first, in ocean city, maryland. as it turns out, doug, apparently you're not alone out there. >> no. we just missed it moments ago. about 30 seconds ago, two young guys, two teen-agers were going for a little bit of a dip in the ocean. actually incorrectly, that's just an absolutely fool hardy thing to do right now. these are life-threatening conditions in the water out here. i have never seen waves in the mid atlantic as big as they are right here right now. i was approached by a beach patrol officer a little while ago and he implored me to get up here on the dune. he said all it takes is one rogue wave and you're a goner. in addition to that, he said that the beach patrol, once the waves start lapping at the dune, which they have begun to do, they can't patrol the beach at all in their four wheel drive trucks, so now they're gone. luckily the two kids, at least ankle or knee deep, have now gone, too. one of the concerns here in