a bunch of them are riding this one out in their homes. but again, the big fear right now is what happens after the wind dies down in a few hours and all that wow. gabe gutierrez it s intensifying, brian, i got to tell you, i m surrounded by concrete walls right now, but if you can see this picture, as my cameraman pans to the side, wow. it is just incredible to see. we can hear it howling, just columns of rainfall in naples, florida. and also the kerry sanders location from four flights up on the parking garage, the skies have gone dark and the winds are howling. we re going to keep these pictures on the air while we bring a guest back who joined us earlier in our coverage this morning. bill barnett, the mayor of
our rene marsh blamed the storm in atlantic beach last night and she joins us now. renee? reporter: all right, jake. you know, where we were as the storm was rolling in, you heard it howling, you felt it pushing you. in our particular area, atlantic beach, that s where we were last night, we know that the winds, they got as fast as 80 miles per hour in that specific area. fast-forward several hours, and now it is a beautiful fourth of july here in coastal north carolina. but arthur did leave behind a bit of a mess to clean up. trees down, power out, and streets flooded. the category 2 struck north carolina with winds topping 100 miles per hour, making landfall between cape lookout and beaufort, rattling homes and for some rattling nerves. oh, it was really scary. i heard a noise. a strong noise.