plum island. a wild winter storm causing houses to topple right into the water, just tipping them off their foundations. it s already a bad spot for beach erosion. but the weather this weekend is worse than some long-time residents have ever seen, they say. demolition crews are tearing down what s left of the houses for safety reasons. in the rockies, though, the same problems. only colder. heavy snow, super-high winds, blizzard conditions around denver. 8 to 14 inches of snow are expected today. and this is clinton, connecticut on the long island sound. enough with the snow already, everyone is saying. so many storms this winter. and now this nor easter have drained the snow budgets in several connecticut towns. they re starting to dip into their rainy day funds to pay for plowing crews and snow damage. a little while ago shall we talked with joe atwater from wcvb on that stretch of massachusetts coast where several homes just crumbled off their foundations today. reporter: all of t
afternoon, early this evening and many tourists in for a beautiful holiday. the only big danger here, savannah, the seas and those rough rip current which is are tick sti sticking around for a while. julie martin, thanks for the report. fema is tracking earl since it began the push to the atlantic coast. let s talk to craig fugate here in washington on the phone right now. sir, give us the lay of the land, what do you make of the storm right now? where do you think it s going to hit hardest? what are officials doing? well, you know, it s basically we think we have seen a lot of impacts in north carolina. looks like power lines down and minor impacts there as they do their assessments and turning attention up to massachusetts coast, and again, based upon the forecast and the winds, probably the next hardest hit area. but as you have heard earlier, dangerous surf conditions, dangerous, you know, marine
north carolina shoreline. president obama is keeping a close watch on what s happening. he spoke by phone with the fema chief. earl is expected to sweep up the east coast, stirring up dangerous waves. here s reporter mark wagner with our affiliate whdh on the massachusetts coast. reporter: harry hansen pulling his boat out of the water after the chatham boat master warned about hurricane earl is making its way up. i was here during hurricane bob, and it took every boat off the mooring and through it up on the beach. we have a saying down here, when it doubt, haul it out. reporter: big surf and rib currents at this beach, vacationers here waiting to see what earl brings. what are you going to do when the hurricane come swrs. play scrabble, monopoly and stay home and enjoy it.