see, the winds have really picked up. i want to say what stands out the most being here is the emptiness of this place. there is one beach chair sitting there as the wind picks up but by and large the beach is empty and so is the neighborhood. this is the northern part of the outer banks as you know and normally this would be entirely packed with vacationers. yes we're on the back side of the labor day holiday but still the outer banks an incredibly popular place in the off-season. we are here on the northern part of the outer banks. if you think of it kind of like the barrier islands crouching down going to the south highway 12 is the spinal cord that connects all of the islands. i spent the morning driving down the length of that two lane highway. it was eerily empty as well. i was heading south. most people were heading north, ali. you look, most of the shops are boarded up. most of the houses are boarded up as well. people taking this really seriously until you get to the very southern most part of the outer banks, places like avon or