before, this one is different. don't bet your life on riding out a monster. >> reporter: evacuations started tuesday and will continue today. more than a million from virginia through the carolinas. gathering sand bags, boarding up, pang up pulling out. many wered about what they may find when they come back. >> just hope everything's still standing and not too much damage. but again this is a very significant storm. >> reporter: still lorraine and mike taylor say they'll tried out. a home like so many in the strike zone in the path of what forecasters are calling a catastrophic storm now closing in. wie expect land fall be early friday morning. that means really historic