dave: the worst of it you are saying in the low are manhattan area in the next four hours. it looks like it s beginning to lose a little bit of its structure if it will. is that good news. you are good. yes it is yiewdzing some of its structure. that s what happens when it gets this far north and going over cooler watters. that s why prediction from 8 a mile-per-hour storm down to 70 mile-per-hour storm happens because you know it s going to go over that water and begin to lose structure as its up here. won t keep that same hurricane form. that s exactly what we re dealing with now. strong storm just because you see that that s part of what you expect to see. that is part of what is taken into account when you see the projections for winds to be lower. steve: it is still a hurricane though. category 1. 7 a miles per hour. he is at the irene center and we re going to be checking in with him all morning long. thanks, rick. we talked about pour outages to houses and homes. hurricane