on what you have been able to see there, rick? reporter: well, bill, the sun has come out and we are still getting wind here, but, clearly the worst of igor is over, when we got up this morning, but 6:00 a.m., there were still tropical storm-force winds and a sideways rain and we managed to survey the island and clearly the worst of the storm is the power outages that are widespread, roughly 80% of the island woke up out power, a lot of lines down including one on a main road and soldiers directed traffic around it. we also saw a lot of trees down, and, other property damage like fencing knocked down at the elbow beach hotel. and, down on the beach itself, another big issue here, because the erosion is pretty bad and chewed away several feats of sand up to the beachfront restaurants there and 10 to 15 feet when you get closer to the water, bill. bill: how was it last night? how did you get through the night? how did it feel with regard to the storm? a strong category one?
i m so sad you have to work. 7:30. it starts. you can run out there and get those 6.2 miles. yeah, right. still, people enjoy this tradition, but it can be dangerously hot. absolutely. there is so many water stations. then there s a place called cardiac hill many front of piedmont hospital. it s like almost the very end, and you have to go up this long hill, and there are water stations all the way up. it s the end of the race. some friend of mine. i m not an expert. you haven t run it? i have friends that are running it today, so i guess if are you going to be out there, enjoy it. something i also want to get to today, t.j. sshgs that, you know, we ve been talking about all these beaches and how there s oil on them. they re not closed. most of them are not closed. everybody wants you all the people that are living around the beach or having businesses on the beach say, hey, we re not done. we re not shut down. please come out. yes, there s oil m water, and maybe th