duration is going to impact the counties and the states, the abilities to potentially respond to this, because we re not going to be sending people out in unsafe conditions, so it might take some time before we can begin recovery operations. i m looking at live pictures, steven, right now from buxton, north carolina. some of the outer banks, again, north of where both you and i are right now. looks like some of that rain is already beginning to hit. you can see the seas tossing and turning a little bit. it s low tide right now, or lower tide right now. the problem, as you noted with this storm, is that the surge threat is over a full day, maybe even full days. that s several, several high tide cycles. you ve been here in the region for some 20 years. have you ever seen a storm that had this array of threats. it s been quite some time. i think the last time we were challenged by something of this magnitude with respect to storm surge probably was fran in 1996.
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and bryan norcross was warning us about the wave heights out there. north carolina governor is pleading with people please to leave while they have time. we have to pull our folks, our emergency personnel and rescue personnel back inside as the storm comes. so that really does leave a person who choses to stay at the mercy of themselves and the storm. that s a real danger. nbc s kerry sand sers in atlantic beach, north carolina. we got the warning from bryan norcross about the wave heights. what are you seeing at beach level? reporter: they re kick up. we know it s going to get a lot worse. in the timing workings out, it looks like irene will be hitting this area here at a lower tide. so that s good news because of the surge that comes. it may be up to ten feet. mother nature has a little bit of a protection here. i m going to take a look right over here with you. this is the protection that mother nature has in place. those are the dunes here.