do once the storm hits to save somebody. so like i said, if you decide to stay and, you know, the storm is upon us, there's nobody to call. >> shepard: and it looks like wrightsville beach is a bulls eye. the eye crossing right over it and bringing with it a huge surge of water. rick leventhal is live on wrightsville beach this afternoon. hi, rick. >> hi, shep. we're getting heavier rain and the wind is picking up. the only people on the streets are police officers and a couple fire trucks amount big fire truck and another one just rolled up here next to the fishi fishing pier here at the main street in wrightsville beach, which is completely deserted. there's a bayside over there. this island is about four miles long. very thin. everything here obviously pretty much at sea level.