we ve got a lot of power lines that are down and we want them to call 911 to report it. don t try to move it or anything else like that. reporter: so jon, like you said, yes, the worst is over, but the storm is not finished here. we know we ve got an inch and a half of rain so far but meteorologists predict we could have rain today, tomorrow and even into wednesday morning, so tropical depression barrel isn t going anywhere, very fast. jon. jon: we heard there were a lot of rescues there over the weekend. i m guessing nobody is venturing back into the water today? reporter: well, if you pan over my shoulder you can see we do have a lot of curiosity ekers at this location. i haven t seen anyone get in the water and over the weekend we did see people get in the water and there were sevenry accuses, 30 at jacksonville beach and more than 100 across florida, georgia, south carolina and now north carolina. the beaches are closed, lifeguards are not on duty, the mayor says that
29-mile per hour winds on the peach, paling in comparison to what we saw between midnight and 2:00 a.m. where we had 70-mile per hour gusts. that s very close to hurricane winds. we spoke with the mayor and he said yes we did luck out in jacksonville because we are seeing minimal damage, a lot of downed power lines, 20,000 folks without power but working to thet power as soon as possible. the roads, very slick, a lot of debris and we spoke to the mayor and he says he knows it s memorial day weekend, people are going to head out and if you don t need to travel, stay indoors. here is what he told us: it s all about safety now. we don t want people going out, joy riding, trying to really see what s going on. we want them to stay inside because it s still not safe. we ve got a lot of power lines that are down and we want them to call 911 to report it. don t try to move it or anything else like that. reporter: so jon, like you said, yes, the worst is over, but the storm is not