alexandria old town to be under water. it could be between 6 to 12 feet. the real worry is this storm surge is geg to go through the chesapeake bay, come through the potomac river and create a problem around high tide, around 7:30 p.m. tonight. that is what folks are fearing. the wind when it gets to our part of the area should be about 45, 60 miles per hour. not necessarily that much for that long of a time. water and the trees that could affect the power lines, we pretty much have been told to expect to lose power. water is the game you hear. as of right now, the sandbags are up. also though, the people right here in alexandra keeping a jovial spirit. there are a few bars throwing hurricane parties as we speak. folks not really too concerned right now, but that will probably change around 7:30 p.m. tonight. a lot of businesses say they will close soon as they feel it s no longer safe to have
barrier island. and the wind took shingles off some of the beachfront homes. got to let the poor pups up. reporter: kelly o callahan is one of many resident who is chose to ride out the storm in her home, despite an evacuation order. she says she is relieved that compared to what she feared it would be, the damage was actually quite minimal. we secured everything up, because we expected it to be worse, and from what they re y saying, it doesn t really laook like it s going to be as bad as we thought it was going to be. but better safe than sorry. reporter: in the neighborhoods south of nags head, many homes were spared any visible damage. and throughout the storm, the power remained on here. sisters maggie and amy miles rode out the storm with family and friends and felt nervous, but tried to make the best of it. our parents always had hurricane parties, so we re going on with the transition. yeah, we figured we should stay, because if we leave, we might not be able to get
this is a right of passage. every spring in my hometown they are sandbagging at least you make it fun, right? seven minutes after the hour. rob marciano in the extreme weather center. this is, i m telling you, in the midwest, up north in the great plains, this is the time of year they dread. yeah, sandbagging parties, i guess. down south it s hurricane parties, up there, it s sandbagging parties. that s right. i ll tell you what, one thing that may help here over the next couple of weeks is what people are complaining about right now, it s been pretty cold. feeling more like winter than spring and those colder temperatures across the northern tier and the northeast will help limit the amount of snow melt, at least slow it. that ll help. 22 right now in minneapolis. 30 degrees, 31 in chicago, and 32 in new york city. trouble on the radar.
the people try to get in and sometimes you see the dopes try to serve, but we ve seen seals surfing up here where the people are, excuse me. and you can see this is the fishery, most the final weeks of the summer, the boats are here and efmost have been taken out except for this guy and end of the season. and many ended up taking part in hurricane parties, proof that the tough new englanders were not going to have the last official friday night of their summer ruined by a tropical storm. back to you. jamie: and you, peter, doocy, based on that video entered elite crowd who can stand out there in a storm like that. congratulations, great work, thanks. thanks, jamie. kelly: all right. president obama talking jobs on the heels of new unemployment numbers. scheduled to make two big
horizontal rain here. so it s pretty fierce, right? it is pretty fierce. but i have been through two others. and this is not as bad as the others seemed to be. you think the fact that a lot of people have been through storms like this made them complacment and think, oh, it s not going to do much? yes. i definitely think. i have a lot of friends that are still on the island and there was a mandatory evacuation. but they refused to leave their homes. so i hope they are safe there. krista, inevitably, we cover hurricane parties, you know, where people love to get together and they like to celebrate what s going on. any of that happening? there probably is. i have a 3-year-old. so i am not too aware of those parties. good for you. is your three-year-old sleeping right now? he sure is. sleeping right through t.