the center is going or what time because again, sandy is very large and spans over 800 miles from one end to the other so we'll be feeling the impacts for quite some time. >> geraldo: i'll be speaking with you as the evening progresses, maria molina our crack meteorologist in the fox news extreme weather center. and north carolina has been getting rain and some wind already. grier beaty, the director of north carolina department of transportation, so, grier, tell me what you've experienced so far and if you can, let me know what kinds of damage you've seen. >> well, we've seen a good bit of flooding and over washout on the outer banks. the nc-12 is actually closed from the oregon inlet bridge, to the-- oak cokrcracoke island is experiencing flooding and there's plenty of water, lots of overwash, lots of sand