is north carolina ready? >> reporter: they're ready this is not the first time at the rodeo for these guys on the outer banks. they've dealt with present yit of storms. this could be the biggest impact since isabel eight years ago. it's taken over the whole beach. this was just refurbished it's nice and wide about a football field why wide. it's all under water. a lot of the sand has been carried out by the high tide. as the tide tries to go out, the wind is going to push it back in. we're getting gusts up to 50 miles per hour. here's the pier down the coast. the atlantic beach pier they've lost part of that. that's a wooden structure. this the janet's pier, these are concrete pilings. they built this to withstand a category three hurricane. they're confident. i think they're going to be okay. ynt show you right now because of the wind and the light. i'm looking at the roofs over