there's morehead city and there's atlantic beach.f a dual communities, one's kind of the ocean and one's the city right behind it. and john, you have a major cell just to your south and southeast coming your way. this is probably the biggest cell that you've seen so far. winds will at least be 50. right now you're only seeing about 35, maybe 39. so almost tropical storm force. but in the next 20 minutes you will easily get to 50 and 55 miles per hour with that nasty bunch of cells coming your way. it's one of the inner outer bands now. and as the night goes on, every single band will get more windy and more windy, and the gusts will go higher and higher. >> and in terms of landfall, you're still thinking, what a category 2 for that area? chad? >> absolutely. and with that landfall, the way the shape of the land is, anderson, the eye being right down here right now, as the eye comes up and the shape of the land is almost like a bowl. and it's going to hoard all of the water and it's going to make a big storm surge right here as the st

there's morehead city. there's atlantic beach. dual communities. one is the ocean and one is the city right behind it. john, you have a major cell just to your south and southeast coming your way. this is probably the biggest cell that you've seen so far. winds will at least be 50. right now you're only seeing about 35 to 39. so almost tropical storm force. but in the next 20 minutes you will easily get to 50 and 55 miles per hour with that nasty bunch of cells coming your way. it's one of the inner/outer bands now. and as the night goes on, every single band will get more windy and more windy and the gusts will go higher and higher. >> and in terms of landfall, you're still thinking, what, a category 2 for that area, chad? >> absolutely. with that landfall, the way the shape of the land is, anderson, the eye being right down here right now, as the eye comes up and the shape of the land is almost like a bowl, and it's going to hoard all the water and make a big storm surge right here as the storm rolls right on top literally of john zarrella in abo

shelters are open, just over in morehead city. salvation army serving meals there.ne thing to point out as we see the wind picking up and we've gone through heavier wind and rain now. it continues to get heavier and heavier all the time. inland flooding is what kills more people than hurricanes than storm surge these days. so we're seeing already ground saturated here. a lot of runoff already beginning. and, you know, as i was saying earlier, we got atlantic ocean to the south here and the sound to the north there. we could have storm surge in both directions as the storm comes by and passes us. inland, there could be a lot of inland flooding and that's a risk for anybody who tries to get out and drive in it and then roads are under water, impassable and that is how loss of life occurs. again, anderson, wind kicking up a little bit. still only right around tropical storm force and gusts. but the rain steadier, steadier and heavier. as the moments go by here. anderson? >> john, stay there. i want to bring in chad myers to talk about where you are, where it plays into

live in morehead city, north carolina, i'm jennifer davis, halpern, back to you. >> thank you, jennifer and today's raging storm in north carolina could not stop several babies from being born. >> i just kind of knew that she would take the time to come. she was already overdue and i felt she was going to come right during the hurricane. that is newborn georgia ann elliot, arriving just as hurricane irene hit wilmington. the hospital never lost power and successfully delivered 16 other babies as well and none of them by the way, is named irene. >> the storm canceled weekend plans across the east coast and that includes tomorrow's dedication of the new martin luther king memorial in washington, d.c.. still organizer went ahead of services commemorating the civil rights leader, featuring excerpts from king's last speech as well as tributes from his youngest child. organizers say a dedicate for the new memorial will be reschedule the sometime this fall. >> hurricane irene is also affect something presidential campaigns, g.o.p. candidate mitt romney was forced to cancel three fundraisers th

a sailboat in morehead city, rocking around in the surf there. it looks like a pretty good mooring but we don't know if it's still holding on. you want to anchor these boats with a longer rope in a looser way so they can float over these waves and hopefully can survive the storm intact. just a few moments later -- i have an answer to my question. it was swept away. look at this. it's no match for those waves and it did reach to 85 miles an hour. that is look. if it's 85 miles an hour up to the new york city area. there are a lot of boats out in the hudson river. a lot of rain in this hurricane and a lot of wind crossing along the streets. >> bill: homeowners they are like homeowners, they decided to leave it there and that time they lost. we heard the storm surge in places like new york city. it happens when a hurricane hits the coastline. the storm's rotation causes low pressure and that creates a sucks. did suction. but it forces the water and it floods it will take some of that water and move it around with it. what is happening with irene rig

shelters are open, just over in admoni morehead city. salvation army serving meals there.e the wind picking up and we've gone through heavier wind and rain now. it continues to get heavier and heavier all the time. inland flooding is what kills more people than hurricanes than storm surge these days. so we're seeing already ground saturated here. a lot of runoff already beginning. and, you know, as i was saying earlier, we got atlantic ocean to the south here and the sound to the north there. we could have storm surge in both directions as the storm comes by and passes us. inland, there could be a lot of inland flooding and that's a risk for anybody who tries to get out and drive in it and then roads are under water, impassable and that is how loss of life occurs. again, anderson, wind kicking up a little bit. still only right around tropical storm force and gusts. but the rain steadier, steadier and heavier. as the moments go by here. anderson? >> john, stay there. i want to bring in chad myers to talk about where you are, where it plays into where this thing will make fi

there's morehead city and there's atlantic beach. dual communities, one's kind of the ocean and one's the city right behind it. and john, you have a major cell just to your south and southeast coming your way. this is probably the biggest cell that you've seen so far. winds will at least be 50. right now you're only seeing about 35, maybe 39. so almost tropical storm force. but in the next 20 minutes you will easily get to 50 and 55 miles per hour with that nasty bunch of cells coming your way. it's one of the inner outer bands now. and as the night goes on, every single band will get more windy and more windy, and the gusts will go higher and higher. >> and in terms of landfall, you're still thinking what, a category 2 for that area chad? >> absolutely. and with that landfall an the way the shape of the land is, anderson, the eye being right down here right now, as the eye comes up and the shape of the land is almost like a bowl. and it's going to hoard all of the water and it's going to make a big storm surge right here as the stor

morehead city, north carolina. that is right there. getting tossed about and it is moored. you are not sure it will make it through. two piers in the outer banks are wiped out. a car dealership had the roof ripped off and a hospital running in generator power. north carolina senator hagen is with us. >> good day to you, bill. >> there is a lot of focus in virginia and new jersey and the city of new york that is getting a lot of attention, however, north carolina is getting pounded by irene. senatorings, how bad is it? >> we have 200,000 people without power and what we are concerned about the storms, and the flooding that will take place. and we just have done a good job getting the tourist out. but the residents who are still in their homes, they certainly need to stay there. >> senator, are you getting reports on damage? >> there is certainly damage, but i have been speaking with the emergency management director and we have excellent response and resources for them to go to. swift water rescue and 280 national guards ready to go and

you've got to wonder how stable this one is in morehead city. also bracing for the storm new york city still in the path of irene. thousands ordered to leave now fearing potential historic flooding in parts. the storm still moving on its expected path along the east coast. there are key developments to tell you about this morning. a good morning to all of you. welcome to msnbc live coverage of hurricane irene. i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters. we're going to get the latest forecast for you on irene's path. it is now hitting north carolina head on. mark potter is live for us in nags head. a good morning to you, what's it like? >> reporter: hi, alex. we're getting some very strong east windows now. it's been blowing all night and it's kicking up at this hour. we're expecting it to get considerably worse as the eye of the storm approaches us. the tide as you can see behind me is coming up. we're just finishing a high tide. that's a factor in this. the good news is i'm not seeing any areas where the tide has breached the sand dunes. the

right there around morehead city predicting this.models in good agreement and good agreement for a long time. gives you a a much higher confidence in your forecast. here you go right now we are at 90 miles per hour. but you see right here just to the south of morehead city talking at about 1:00 p.m. today crossing over and then emerging back out over the water. sunday morning right here just off the jersey coast towards the delaware. see a lot of water being pushed in across the coastal areas and a lot of river across the hudson river. that's some of the concern. some the water overlapping into battery park and could that get into the subways. that's why they are closing that if the storm does track to the west at all and a couple of our models dial doo that that's worse news. more water pushing up in the hudson and storm surge. tracks off to the east more storm surge. such a big storm we will see storm surge down along long island and long island sound and even in up towards the bay. a lot of people dealing with a rise of water that

passes, expect it to re-strengthen up to a major category 3 before it moves into right around morehead city sometime tomorrow morning. you can see it shoot off the del mar peninsula and then could slam right into manhattan or staten island i should say sometime and then right through boston. that is what we're worried, they could get inundated rain even d.c. and baltimore. it could be potentially catastrophic. here is a trough of low pressure couple areas that broad nng broadening our area but this layer is about 500 feet shallower and i think it burns off quicker and return of 90s to east way valleys and around ukiah and cloverdale. a lot of mid-70s to 80 degrees around the bay. even warmer tomorrow into sunday then a slight cooling trend begins monday into early part of next week. good morning sue. >> happy friday. we have good news on the peninsula. we had earlier power lines that were down, construction workers, power lines across all lanes of 101. that has been fortunately cleared out of freeway. drivers are driving right over it and all lanes clear in palo alto. that is great for your

by tomorrow morning, landfall around morehead city, north carolina. eastern side of a hurricane all outer banks will be on the eastern side causing a lot of damage. heavy wave , a lot of beach erosion overtopping of some. dunes and a lot of structural damage. it hugs the coast of new jersey. a second landfall sometime sunday morning around the new york city area, western long island. could be seeing landfall in brooklyn, maybe the rock aways. anywhere to the east of that, heavy storm surge will cause a lot of damage and water in narragansett bay and buzzard's bay. midnight sunday into monday we are done with this. so much rainfall, so many people getting 4 to 8 inches. a lot of areas maybe 10 to 12 inches. >> juan: rick, how long will the ran last? it looks from the map as if there is a wide ban of rain. i don't know how many miles wide and how us is stanned the rainfall will be. you said from north carolina up to new jersey. if i'm in between, in norfolk, washington, d.c., philadelphia what is the impact. >> and d.c. getting rain. the rain will last

it's going to be pushing near morehead city.stained winds at hurricane force strength at cape hatterras 74 miles per hour. likely gusting into the low 80s. it's really winding up along the coastline where our correspondents are right now. >> jeff, we're going to be checking in with you shortly. joining us now is aon the edwards. the executive director of the national preparedness network. an organization that trains civilians on how to respond to and recover from natural and manmade disasters. thanks for spending some time with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> what do people need to do this morning? i have yet to can go and make a go bag and stock up and on water and supplies. what can people do? >> at this point depending on where you live in proximity to the storm because every minute counts. if you live further away from the storm you can take some measures to prepare. you can some equipment that's available. i can tell you right now new york is shelves are stripped, the flash lights. >> they're bare. we've been l

encountered wind shear from cold front but it regained strength to a category 3 as it slams into morehead city heads up the peninsula. by tomorrow evening and sunday morning into sunday evening it rolls through new york and boston and rain, fresh water rain will be a big problem with the storm. color coding in yellow, that is at least nine inches. we could get 14 inches. that is as much as san jose gets in a year to nine inches in new york. that is why flooding is going to be such a problem. pretty quiet. winds are lighter this morning. the sea breeze is a little bit weaker. marine slayer more compressed. we'll see sunshine about an hour to hour and a half faster than we did yesterday. warmer weather today and warming trend for saturday and sunday and cooling trend begins monday. temperatures 10 degrees cooler by wednesday of next week. >>> we're following a major problem that is developing, continues to develop in oakland. it is northbound 880, sig alert has been issued. big rig, six to seven vehicles, two lanes blocking embarcadero and fifth avenue. traffic is jammed from davis street. alter

the center of the cone has been shifted slightly to the left, taking it directly over morehead city. just to the south, southwest of ocracoke island where the governor is pleading people to get off, and then right smack-dab over the sound and out about virginia beach, and the water, slight strengthening as it moves very close the ocean city, maryland, and then on up into really driving it right into hudson -- the hudson river. right into new york harbor. of course, we still have the left, the right. just depends on which way to go. new hurricane warnings just issued. yellow. hurricane warnings issued from the virginia/north carolina border all of the way down to the little river inlet. and then tropical storm warnings from there all of the way down to the island. >> okay, so, just putting a finer point on it, you're talking about a possible landfall, somewhere around morehead city or as far, say, as cape hatteras? >> that's right. it still could turn to the right. although the models have been in much better agreement today, which means that we don't have one model just bearing to th

now, but as you can see and as the viewers can see, very, very fortunate here in atlantic beach, morehead city, because this thing could certainly, the understatement is, have been one heck of a lot worse. t.j.? >> john zarrella, thank you this morning. let me turn it over to jacqui jeras, our meteorologist keeping an eye on this storm. it's amazing, both of those guys we just saw there are in same state not too terribly far from each other, but two totally different scenes as the hurricane makes landfall. >> yes. reynolds has a long way to go, he'll continue to get lashed for, say, the next five hours or so. yeah, we did see landfall. it was right here on cape lookout about 7:30ish. but it's kind of taken more of a northeasterly turn so it almost looks like we're seeing almost a second landfall potentially taking place over in this area here. continues to be a strong storm. you say to yourself, hurricane weaken a lot after they make landfall, don't they? this is the outer banks, not a lot of elevation here, it's very flat, marshy, a lot of water in the area so very little weakening is expecte

morehead city 43 these winds continue to pick up as the system gets closer to your area. landfall expect add across extreme eastern north carolina, cape hatteras, helped up this is coming your way, landfall is expected by 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. center of the storm should be well inland across the outer banks by 2 p.m. as sustained winds of 80 five miles per hour category one. the center where the storm is supposed to go along the new jersey coastline through new york city where western portions of long island well inland into new england sunday 2 p.m. with sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. significant system category 2, 100 mile per hour sustained winds. >> greta: to north carolina, jonathan serrie in atlantic beach, north carolina. >> reporter: we are being pelted with rain behind me you can see the pier bombarded by waves all day. they've been watching the surf all day many one concern is storm surge. there's a very -- small dunes that protect the rest of island from storm surge. if there's significant storm surge there's the possibility of flooding on the oceansi

let's go to morehead city. jennifer, how is it looking?: back half the storm feels a lot stronger than the front half did. every storm is different. that seems to be one of the marks of irene. we're standing on a hill. you can't see atlantic beach or see the bridge that has been shut down but you can el how big the waves are. they have knocked out several plarn ks but they have not made it over the seawall. that is good news. a lot of people evacuated, they are hoping most people are not over there on the beach anymore. we have half a million people in north carolina without power. we lost it at 2:00 a.m. and it's still not back. people are surprised. when it came on land, 7:30, half an hour where we were standing. winds sustained at about 85 miles an hour and a lot of rain, but then we had a lull and quieted down and we got hit about 11:00 and second half seems a lot stronger. >> shep: jennifer thank you. >> we're watching this thing as it churns north. take a look at the loop. we recognize the jog to the right. this is the infrared satel

morehead city, keep an eye on it, many thanks to you. >>> we've talked about what if. ppen if a hurricane makes a direct hit on new york city. kite happen. sunday afternoon. >> the city already is talking about a total mass transit shutdown. evacuating hospitals and nursing homes in some low-lying areas. mary snow for us live in battery park, which is in lower manhattan, an area that is one of those low-lying areas that could be affected. what have you found when you looked into the plans that city has, mary? >> well, you know, ali, when talking about those what-if scenarios they're done because it is so rare new york would be hit by a hurricane. because areas like this one are so vulnerable, experts say it wouldn't take a major hurricane to cause significant damage. >> reporter: if anyone is worried about a hurricane hitting new york, it's coastal geology professor nicolas koch. to understand why he took us to southampton, new york. >> this is actually where the 1938 hurricane broke through and made this bay a branch of the ocean. >> reporter: koch says most new yorker

hugs the coast and possibly makes a landfall saturday morning, we're thinking somewhere between morehead city and cape hat ta rufplts you can secape hatteras. hurricane-force winds 90 miles away from the center of the storm, a very large expansive system that is going to affect much of the east coast within the next couple of days. category 2 storm, this is the latest advisory from the national hurricane center. we are expecting a landfall, again, some time saturday morning, i believe anywhere between 11 and 3:00. again the exact time and intensity of storm to be determined upon landfall. we think it will make a second landfall some time sunday morning between 10 and 2pm on long island, western long island right now. again, that is the latest advisory and then moving very quickly up into new england. we could see a third landfall across southern connecticut again as a hurricane. i want to show you one of the computer models that we look at when we see the cone of uncertainty going further out in time. this indicates landfall 9:00am saturday across coastal portions of north carolina and making

. >> 75% of the power on the atlantic beach, morehead city over the bridge.ower outages on and off. a tornado here also not far from us. (inaudible). the storms move up south of town. can you hear me? >> we can barely make out what you're saying. and we understand why. because of the weather situation. you hang tight there. we're going to come back to you, john zarrella. to our viewers, i know you couldn't make out too well what you're saying and you hear about every other word, every third or fourth word. still, we wanted to stick with that. still, that puts you there and it gives you perspective of what they are up against right now, how the rain is coming down, the wind is whipping around. even if you can't make out what he's saying, you certainly get an idea where he is now. our brian todd, let's try him now, in wilmington, north carolina. see if we can hear you a little better. brian, how do things look? >> well, t.j., here the last couple hours as well, it's going through a little more dicey section of the storm than we are. but this is intensifying her

the better chance is that it's very close to morehead city, atlantic beach, into north carolina. and then the bad part is, that isn't even really land. there's an ocean, an island, barrier islands, but there's the sounds in there. that's all just water. so this storm doesn't slow down at all. it doesn't lose intensity because it's over land. it glides right al the delmarva, goes right on up the jersey shore and right into, very, very close to the hudson river. the new york harbor, with water and waves lapping into the harbor. especially water and waves and surge on long island. and even probably all the way over from providence into rhode island itself. this will be a storm that we have never seen. hurricane bob in 1991, but it was farther to the east. in our lifetime we have not seen a storm just drive right up the hudson river and takes that water with it, and maybe even floods parts of manhattan. >> any sense of how this compares to -- on long island in new york, there was the hurricane in '38 that killed, i think a couple hundred people out around west hampton, all around tha

. >> taking a live look right now at morehead city, north carolina.ou can see the boat being tossed around right now. very high winds and heavy rain lashing the north carolina coast. been going on for a couple of hours this morning, as irene has been rolling in. tens of thousands of people are already without power and there are reports of at least one tornado touching down. mandatory evacuations are in effect, as jim mentioned, all up and down the coast. as most people have left, some have chosen to ride it out. >> this is what we know. this is our property. we live here. >>> up north, officials aren't waiting for irene to finish pounding the carolina coast. for the first time ever, new york city's mayor ordered a mandatory evacuation. people living in low-lying areas, the entire mass transit system is shut down for today. >>> irene causing travel headaches around the country. dozens of flights leaving from the bay area airport for the east coast today have been canceled. airlines have been allowing passengers affected by the storm to change their ti

you can see part of the mast of a sailboat swaying there in morehead city, north carolina. well, you don't see it anymore. those waves and wind took out that sailboat. we're watching the preparations under way in other parts of the eastern seaboard. namely in new york. evacuations have taken place in what is considered zone a, the low lyiie inying areas of the f boroughs. sleep every night. why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america... it's not a sealy... or a simmons... or a serta... ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. these are actual tempur-pedic owners! ask someone you know---check out twitter. try your friends on facebook. you'll hear it all...un-edited. ask me how it feels after 10 years. ask me if it's a good value. just ask me. there are 4 million tempur-pedic owners! and they're more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. ask me why i feel better every morning. ask me why someone who's never had an ache or a pain is in love with this bed. start asking r

the better chance is that it's very close to morehead city, atlantic beach, into north carolina. and then the bad part is, that isn't even really land. there's an ocean, an island, barrier islands, but there's the sounds in there. that's all just water. so this storm doesn't slow down at all. it doesn't lose intensity because it's over land. it glides right al the delmarva, goes right on up the jersey shore and right into, very, very close to the hudson river. the new york harbor, with water and waves lapping into the harbor. especially water and waves and surge on long island. and even probably all the way over from providence into rhode island itself. this will be a storm that we have never seen. hurricane bob in 1991, but it was farther to the east. in our lifetime we have not seen a storm just drive right up the hudson river and takes that water with it, and maybe even floods parts of manhattan. >> any sense of how this compares to -- on long island in new york, there was the hurricane in '38 that killed, i think a couple hundred people out around west hampton, all around tha

flooding in new bern and beaufort, as well as into aurora, all clustered within this area and morehead cityntinue to see those come in. here are some of the estimated wind speeds. now, these are sustained winds, not to mention the gusts. we're seeing that in the 60-mile-per-hour range across much of the outer banks. so dangerous conditions here. forecast for timing and what you can expect as this moves up the coast, the worst of it, these times are when the peak of extort comes in. remember, this is a 12 to 24-hour event for some of you. 4 to 7, virginia beach. overnight tonight in ocean city, maryland. long island tomorrow, we're talking about mid-morning to say mid-dayish. boston, midafternoon. this thing will be out of here by monday morning. a long way to go with this event, expect a lot of power outages, a lot of inland flooding. we've had as much as 20 inches of rain now being estimated by doppler radar near the core of the center where irene has been hitting. t.j.? >> jacqui, thank you once again. we want to check in with our rob marciano. he has been up in new york on long beach in

somewhere down the middle of that cone will be morehead city, atlantic beach. all day long this storm just ran through the bahamas and it wasn't very organized. it was a 100-mile-per-hour storm. it just didn't have its act together. well, now, on the very last couple of images, candy, the eye is back. and when the eye comes back, the storm begins to generate itself again. this storm is not going to be the potential category 4 according to the hurricane center that it once was due to today. it just didn't generate anything today. now, we do have some rain. we have some showers on the florida coast and we even had some airport, some cancellations out of miami and ft. lauderdale due to those squalls coming onshore. we are still seeing and that's all we're going to see are those big waves coming onshore in the atlantic. yesterday at this time, we talked about waiting for the turn. this is where the storm has been. here's irene. i'm just kind of smoothing it out for you. but you notice the last few hours, the turn is here. the turn that has been forecast for days is

let's take a look at morehead city, north carolina.n watching north carolina because they've been slammed since 7:30 this morning. it is still churning out there. you heard the governor warning people, don't go outside. don't get in your car or into any standing water. forecasters are predicting that area could see an 11-foot storm surge. kill devil hills would normally be full of people having a good time basically on this august week and that's what everybody does up and down the east coast this time of year. looks like a ghost town from there up to manhattan basically. let's look there. that is times square, which is extremely quiet. it might look slightly busy, but it's not. it's quiet and rainy. it looks like a photograph of times square. they've shut down the subway system. this doesn't happen in new york. they're talking about shutting down the bridges and tunnels, which is a strange feeling for most of the people that work here because we all come in and out across the tunnels. >> bill: we live on this island. we want to move f

so we are thinking a landfall possibly around the morehead city area saturday morning, late morning,ere's the outer banks, cape ha -- hatteras and making a second landfall somewhere across western long island as a category one storm, so that remains the same. the difference here, if there is any good news out of this, is we don't expect this to restrength tone a category three, a major hurricane, however, i can't stress enough, martha, people need to still pay attention. this is still a big, big storm. we're still going to see the same rainfall totals, we're still going to see hurricane-force winds, battering waves, that kind of thing. but the weaker the storm gets, the better news that we have. we are still dealing with the same track, though, still could be a devastating storm along the i-95 corridor or east of the i-95 corridor. martha: absolutely. when you talk about above 100-mile an hour winds and the effect on trees and rooftops, all of that is not diminished by 5 miles an hour, i would imagine, and i just think you're so right, janice, we sort of need to sit tight and wait an

there's a bridge here going to morehead city. that's about the only way on and off this barrier island. we've had some squalls, heavier than this during the day. not much wind yet to speak of. but we know it's coming. it's coming right from the south straight up here right for us. we're going to be one of the first along with david mattingly on the outer banks to really feel the effects of hurricane irene as it makes its approach and heads up the u.s. eastern seaboard. drew? >> john, with that curfew at 8:00, it's put up or shut up time now as far as evacuating. because you won't be able to do that after 8:00 it sounds like. >> reporter: yeah. you know, drew, it's interesting because as many people as we've talked to say they're leaving, there are just as many people here who are saying, no, we're not leaving. we're staying. we're going to stay and we're going to ride it out. we've been through these things before. a lot of folks told us, listen, this could be the worst storm that they've seen here since the 1950s, which was hurr

five days away the cone is very big because it could be this way or this way so cape hatteras and morehead city, right in the middle of the cone, could be wilmington, could be offshore. not a single model right now that's offshore. there were models yesterday offshore. didn't happen today. the models are saying, no, onshore. no models today that are saying a direct miss. there's not a single model out to sea right now, and most take them somewhere over suffolk county, nassau county or even right up the hudson river. take that, think about what that possibly could. a category 2, and you run that into any big city in the northeast, you're looking at 500,000 to 750,000 people without power, and some spots will take 10 to 15 days for all of that power to come back. so what does that mean? drew, that means you might be camping in your house for ten days. what does it mean to camp without power, without water probably, and how do i survive those ten days? take care of yourself and don't expect the government to take care of you. get the water -- i'm not saying buy bottled water. empty some old milk o