still a stuff situation. going to be a long 24 to 36 hours here on long beep. >> martha: our thanks to jonathan hunt from this morning. it gives you a sense of the contrast of what a difference a few hours can make. laura engall is there now. what are things like there now? >> reporter: we are on that same area on the boardwalk in long beep where we've been experiencing all day long, bans of ran come through, big strong gusts of wind right after that storm that we had morning. when the sun comes out you think it going to be all right, we get hit with another rain that comes through and that wind like little aftershocks after a quake. i want to show you why it continues to be so dangerous. look at the waves still crashing now. earlier today you could see a lifeguard tower knocked over by the storm. that storm surge pushed up