at last check, statewide, 180,000 customers in the dark. those numbers expected to go up as we go further into the storm. the most frustrating thing about this storm is how slow-moving it is going. these heavy winds will be sticking around. they will get a little worse, they will stick around a while, battering buildings and unprotected windows and the other concern, storm surge and heavy rain. the potential for flooding and that potential goes far inland because this storm system moving across the carolinas is going to pump huge amounts of rain in all parts of north carolina into south carolina. officials say that will cause flash flooding in areas that are not used to seeing these amounts of water. state officials estimate anywhere between 750,000, and 1