storm. you know what s interesting, jeff, is you talk about this intention of having it stay on course and keep its velocity there because so often once these hurricanes hit land, they do weaken and dissipate and break apart. maybe perhaps it s going up the coast. is that why hurricane irene is keeping its force? exactly, alex. because it s sitting right near those warm atlantic waters. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. as it hitsed land and meets friction and breaks down a little bit, but it gets more fuel from the right side of the storm. it basically reinvigorating this storm up the mid-atlantic coastline. when you look back historically, there might not ever have been a storm to potentially take this path. it s definitely going to be historic when all is said and done despite the faktd that many might say it s a category 1. it s a very deceiving on some levels category 1 storm. it s huge is what it is.