deteriorate. out to this fishing pier that suffered damage in a previous storm that wasn't a direct hit. took out several pilings. local residents and officials are keeping a nervous eye on this pier wondering if it will be able to survive hurricane irene. which, according to some computer models is on a direct path for this town. as we zoom out, you can see the battering surf. big concern it is going to be storm surge. whether the dunes that protect this island community from the ocean, will be over flowed by any of the storm surge. already, on the other side of this barrier island, which separates the atlantic ocean from the sound side of the island there's storm surge that is overlapping the shore. there's already about a foot of standing water in some of the lower lying areas of this island community. over here you can see precautions that business owners have taken. in particular, the hotel where we are staying this morning they put up plywood boards to cover-up large picturesque windows that provided beautiful views of the ocean. just to prevent flying debris from breaking any of t