all excited about it. but that same guy yesterday was boarding up his house. so they're taking this one seriously. >> nbc's carrey sae kerry sande atlantic beach, north carolina. >> it can seem look a real hassle and maybe you get caught up in thinking this is hype, but it is not. the evidence is here in north carolina where people here and up the coast are in a mandatory evacuation and they're following the mandatory evacuation orders, which means that they have been through this before and they understand why they're being told to leave. the atlantic beach police department planned to get in their vehicles later this afternoon and they'll go around on their speakers and cars just announcing evacuations, just for that one person who may not have a radio or a tv or may not just really be paying attention because they want everybody to know this is not the place to ride out a storm. i'm going to have dan sort of pan the camera here and show you as we go along here, this is first -- first line of defense.