reporter: rob marciano, let s see if he can hear us. here s in long beach and they re seeing intense wave action. rob, can you tell us? reporter: i can t hear the program, so just tell me when to go. reporter: anderson, long beach, the winds remain the same and if anything have picked up. irene continues to roll this way. irene is still a hurricane, although you would describe it as a minimal hurricane. i have been in a lot of minimal hurricanes, and it s a still a hurricane. we re taking damage on the boardwalk right now as water continues to fall in. it s tough to see with the connection, but those winds are massive. that surf is pounding the shoreline and has completely wiped out the man made berm they put up to protect the hotel, the boardwalk and that town. and we ll walk this way and show you the lifeguard building, the headquarters there for i don t know how many years ripped away from the foundation and pinned down. that water is not supposed to be there. it s a
latest. the pressure is going down, anderson. and that s bad. the lower the pressure, the higher the wind speed. now, there s hurricane hunter aircraft in there right now. it did not find any increased wind speed yet. so sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there s the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it s not all that far away. we ve had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there s another outer band offshore right now if you re standing on the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you re not on the beach at this point, though, because the waves are getting much larger. you get that 115-mile-per-hour wind out there, the waves are being generated and there s going to be a lot of rip currents going out into the ocean in the next couple of days all the way up into cape hatteras, even into ocean city, maryland. so let s break it down for you right now. it s 120-mile-per-hour storm. tomorr
projected path. just moments ago, the national hurricane center issued a new bulletin. chad myers joins us with the latest. chad, what does the new bulletin say? the pressure is going down, anderson. and that s bad. the lower the pressure, the higher the wind speed. now, there are hurricane hunter aircraft in there right now, did not find any increased wind speed yet. sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there s the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it s not all that far away. we ve had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there s another outer band offshore right now, if you re standing ong the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you re not on the beach at this point, though, because the waves are getting much larger. you get the 115-mile-per-hour winds out there, there s going to be a lot of rip currents going out into the ocean in the next couple of days, all the way into cape hatt
aircraft in there right now. it did not find any increased wind speed yet. so sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there s the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it s not all that far away. we ve had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there s another outer band offshore right now if you re standing on the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you re not on the beach at this point, though, because the waves are getting much larger. you get that 115-mile-per-hour wind out there, the waves are being generated and there s going to be a lot of rip currents going out into the ocean in the next couple of days all the way up into cape hatteras, even into ocean city, maryland. so let s break it down for you right now. it s 120-mile-per-hour storm. tomorrow afternoon south of the cape. by tomorrow about saturday 2:00 you get to the category 2, 110-mile-per-hour storm somewhere in north carolina. n
just moments ago, the national hurricane center issued a new bulletin. chad myers joins us with the latest. chad, what does the new bulletin say? the pressure is going down, anderson. and that s bad. the lower the pressure, the higher the wind speed. now, there are hurricane hunter aircraft in there right now, did not find any increased wind speed yet. sometimes the pressure goes down and then the winds build. but there s the eye right there from the miami radar site. so it s not all that far away. we ve had outer bands coming onshore in florida for most of the day. there s another outer band offshore right now, if you re standing ong the beach you may be able to see the lightning in the distance. i hope you re not on the beach at this point, though, because the waves are getting much larger. you get the 115-mile-per-hour winds out there, there s going to be a lot of rip currents going out into the ocean in the next couple of days, all the way into cape hatteras, even into