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On. schools are closed. the beachgoers and the storm onlookers are already out here. the way the landscape is set up tease coast different from the gulf of mexico. you don t worry so much about storm surge. it is low tide now. waves are building, high tide will be up right where we are standing. there are slifvers of the outer bank. in hurricane s past have been completely washed over. some cases cut off to where you have people cut off from the mainland. that s certainly a concern here and that s one of the reasons evacuation orders have been issued. they haven t seen a hurricane here since 2003 when hurricane isabelle came in as a category 2 storm. it has been quite some time. some of the people we talked to yesterday didn t really seem to be terribly concerned. that changed somewhat today. we are seeing more as far as people that are on the move. it is very dry here right now. that s good news. as far as the amount of humidity in the air. i think some of that dry air will get caught ....
Currents as well. our hurricane headquarters. this is where you are right now. reynolds wolf tracking earl here at the weather center. we re going to get to him in just a second. let s start with our rob marciano on the north carolina coast. rob, hello to you. it s coming. it s not supposed to make a direct landfall there but, still, it is going to make things a bit tricky. how is the weather right now? reporter: well, the winds are picking up but there s no rain or stormy conditions. you wouldn t know that there s a hurricane out there, quite frankly, and there was a nice sunrise. the waves are picking up a little bit. it s still low tide. low tide is coming in. you notice our hurricanes and storms the past couple of years have been on the east coast. this landscape is completely different. the runup on the beach is different. you don t get quite the big storm surge you would, say, on the florida panhandle. these waves will be building throughout the day today, 20, 30-footers at tim ....
Affiliate wral. reporter: south of kitty hawk, that house made famous by the movie is shutting down a day or two. we don t want p to lose any of the famous blue shutters. reporter: a trap jam on the only road off the island. an all too familiar scene when the storm threatens the outer banks. hopefully i will be here and gone by friday morning midday. take it all down and store it somewhere. reporter: some vacationers are cutting their stay at the outer banks short. it is disappointing. reporter: opting to ride off into the sunset with memories of a hurricane shortened vacation. time to go home. all right. there we are. look at that there. that storm. this is from nasa. i wanted you to explain this. you just see a blob there of clouds. explain what we are seeing there and how impressive it is. this is the view, tremendous ....
We will talk to you again soon. we are keeping a close eye on this hurricane. hurricane earl, category 4. described as the size of colorado. it is making its way towards north carolina and then up the east coast. we have watches and warnings in place. our guy, reynolds wolf, is here for us. keeping a close eye. checking in with him. figure out where this sucker is going next. ....
And further down the road and down to cape hatteras, which has had a mandatory evacuation, there is a road there that has been blown out in previous hurricanes and that is the fear with this one, regardless of how close it gets, even if it gets category 1 strength down there, it could blow a hole through that road and that is a huge concern. how are people taking this? well, yesterday when we were out and about, they were pretty casual about it. take a listen. we re from michigan so we re used to storms. this is our first hurricane so we re excite body it and hope everything goes well. you re going to party your way through, hu sn. ignorance is bliss. three bottles of wine hidden in there. reporter: that s all you need, huh? the kids are good with the milk. reporter: are you not really worried about it? no. it might ruin some beach time. looks like it s okay. we ll keep an eye on the tv, right. you guys let us know if we need to be worried. reporter: well, you should ....