ourselves now trying to figure out if our safe house, the place we ve chosen to stay tonight, is going to stay safe enough. i m looking behind you. why are there lights on the houses. are people sticking it out? you know, i ve got street lights on here. behind our camera position, there are folks still in their homes. i was talking to them before we came on air to see what their plans are. but i don t think there s anybody left in any of the houses behind me. the power is still on here. this is a place they ve got underground lines. it s not been blown down by the wind. at some point, i m sure that will no longer be the case. the lights have stayed on, the winds have stayed low. that s part of the reason people aren t more panicked at this point. but this water, i m watching it come. and it s coming slowly, but it just keeps coming. i think that s going to be the story in this part of the north carolina coast. well, thank you so much, garett haake. it s a beautiful part of the