it is mother nature s line of defense, the sand dunes here. you know about the surge, the storm surge that comes. it will hit these dunes. we re talking about potentially about ten feet of storm surge with the storm. but got news is that it appears by the current timing that this storm may come ashore and hit this region of north carolina at a low tide which means that there is a little bit of help. just beyond the dunes, you can see some homes here, condos that have built in shutters. that s just a routine way to protect your houses here. you bring the shutters down. as we go a little beyond here, you can see an older building over there, thats th has no protection at all. when you have the hurricane force winds coming in, that glass shatters, the winds get in there and if one unit gets damaged, then it can get into all the units and create quite a mess. one last piece of advice for those who heard me talking to chris jansing, about putting the bottles of water in your freezer. don t