that inundated certain areas, close to the inter coastal. we want to get there as soon as we can, but of course not until the authorities say it is all clear. you should know the atlantic ocean is battering it heavily from the oceanside, and we heard there s some heavy beach erosion as well. as far as this particular area where the storm came ashore, the buildings are doing okay but right now it is still blowing hard. that s the amazing thing. it is still howling through here. the rain continues to pour down and it is driving a lot of water for the intercoastal onto shore. it eased some as the tide backed off. it is amazing the longevity of it. i ll take it. thank you so much. you can feel it watching your shot, the cameraman wiping off the lens, you and the helmet and
brian todd in hampstead, north carolina. brian, i understand that you re getting it there. what s going on? reporter: right, don, this is the inter coastal waterway behind me. the waterway obviously between the mainland north carolina and the outer banks, some of the barrier islands. if it looks like i m standing in the intercoastal waterway, i m not. i m standing on old landing road. right now this road and the inter coastal are pretty much one in the same because as you can see the storm surge is coming in and this road is starting to get flooded. i m in a few inches of water. not severe right now, but we know it will be severe. we don t believe this is even high tide yet. that s not even coming for a few hours, but as you can see how low-lying this area is, panning to my left, your right, you can see a little bit of white caps out there on the inter coastal. it will get much worse in the coming hours. it s already with just a little bit of rain starting to fall here and a little b
against what you tell them to do. they are aware that if we can t get to you until the winds die down below 40 miles per hour. so because the curfew is in effect now, there s not going to be really anyone coming by for the next 24 to 48 hours. given boynton beach and where it s placed, are you more concerned about storm surge and wind or really a combination of both? it is a bit of a combination of both. we don t have much east of the inter coastal. those barrier islands are going to get hit very hard. but it s mostly i believe the winds that we re worried about. okay. well, mayor there of boynton beach, steven grant, best of luck as you ride this out. we ll be watching very closely what happens in your community. thank you, sir. thank you. when hurricane camille hit the u.s., it was a category five storm with 190 mile an hour wind. but it was hurricane katrina,