all 13 men on board survived. it s about 200 miles away from the bp location. we ll have an update on that in a moment. first, instead of great urgency to folks up and down the east coast, hurricane earl. category three, it s headed north. it s a storm as big as the state of california. ocean waves at the center of this have been 29 feet high. the storm hasn t jogged as much or as soon as forecasters had hoped. it s bad news for the coast of north carolina first off where it will arrive in the next 12-hour window. our team is in place. we begin with the storm where it is, where it s headed. veteran hurricane specialist brian norcross at the weather channel with more. brian, what s the last update telling you? reporter: we ve got the radar, brian. good evening. there s your hurricane and there s the business part of the hurricane. that s the eye, now within view of land-based radar. it looks like it will be in the vicinity of cape hatteras about eight hours from now. the w