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BRING YOU UPDATES AS SOON AS WE
GET THEM.
THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
THE OUTER BANKS TOOK A BIG HIT
YEAR.
ANDY FOX IS THERE NOW.
HOW DO FOLKS FEEL ABOUT THIS
STORM, ANDY?
Reporter: IT'S BECAUSE OF
IRENE THEY'RE CAREFUL AND
PREPARING.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT HERE
NOW.
AT 5:00 I WAS THE ONLY ONE, NOW
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THE
BEACH AND I JUST GOT THIS FROM
TRANSPORTATION.
THEY ARE READY, ESPECIALLY ON
FLOODING.
CREWS ARE READY.
THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN
POSITIONED PROPERLYs, THE FUEL
TANKS ARE TOPPED OFF.
LOTS OF THEM POSITIONED ALONG
12, AND HATTERAS ISLAND.
TODAY WE WENT TO THE HOME DEPOT
AND THE AVALON FISHING PIER.
Reporter: WE'RE DOWN HERE AT
THE HOME DEPOT AT NORTHERN
SHORES AND MEAGAN AND JASON JUST
RENTED A TRUCK, WHY DID YOU RENT
IT, STORM-RELATED?
WE HAVE A HOUSE ON THE OCEAN
SIDE AND IT'S ON THE GROUND
LEVEL AND WE'RE A LITTLE SCARED
ABOUT THE STORM SURGE.
WE HAVE SOMEONE PREPARING FOR
SANDY, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING?
YES, I AM.
TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING
TO PREPARE.
OUT.
THERE'S MORE CONCERN THAN
NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE RESULT OF
THE STORM LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE GETTING PREPARED QUICKER
THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE LAST
YEAR.
DEAL.
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING AT ALL
TO PREPARE AT ALL.
WE'RE DRIVING BACK NORTH
TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL
STAY IN FRONT OF IT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW RIGHT
UP -- WE'RE GOING TO MARYLAND.
SUPPOSED TO WIND UP THERE.
Reporter: YEAH, AND THAT IS
THE REAL PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE
THIS THING'S GOING ALL THE WAY
MARYLAND.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SURF OUT
HERE, VERY CHOPPY, I CAN ALSO
REPORT TO YOU THAT SCHOOLS HERE
IN DEREK COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED
ON MONDAY, NOT BECAUSE OF SANDY
BUT BECAUSE OF THE FALL BREAK.
SO THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
PEOPLE KEEPING A REAL WEATHER
EYE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE.
COMING UP TONIGHT ON WAVY NEWS 6
FISHING PIER.
ONE THING ABOUT THIS STORM IT'S
CERTAINLY THROWING THE FISH ON
TO THE HOOKS.