We thought it may have been weakening a little bit before it came over land. In fact ... it probably was not a Category 4 (hurricane) when it came across the barrier islands. It may have already been down to a (Category) 3 (hurricane).
One or more of the (forecast) models bring it on shore (along) the Georgia-South Carolina border with winds of, perhaps, 50 miles an hour.
I don't understand what's happening out there, but things are popping.
Storm surge (in coastal areas) could be a real problem, depending on where the actual landfall is. That's the thing we are most concerned about.
Not that we think it's going to make landfall. We don't. But we think it's going to come close enough to cause hurricane winds ... on North Carolina.
It's going to around for a good while and that heavy rain is going to really cause suffering.
Once it gets over land, it'll probably just become a Nor'easter.
That suggests that they're going to get strong winds (in Florida) and they're really going to get some strong surf out of this.
It is now moving away from the North Carolina Outer Banks. It is still causing strong winds and heavy rain.
We've had (rain) accumulations of as much as 25 inches in some locations. We're going to see that show up in the rivers for the next two or three days, eventually into the Rio Grande.
