where a lot of the danger lies or exactly right. thank you so much for that reporting. let's go to our meteorologist tom sater outfront in the weather center. where is dorian going now, tom? >> well it's picking up speed, poppy. that's what we want to see but also getting broad ner the wind field. hurricane warnings south of charleston up to the lower neck of the chesapeake right now. we thought maybe this eye would be collapsing for a while. but now the eye wall is closest approach to land within about 15 miles, a little concerned about the curvature of north carolina taking the winds straight on with the storm surge. at least the winds are coming offshore in charleston. the harbor not quite matching up the on shore winds with high tide as 2:00 p.m. they didn't get the high levels they were expecting. but as marten mentioned with, the feeder binds. tornados spin up ef 1 or 2. but many quite large in size. as the storm approaches areas to