Mandatory evacuations in NC for Earl
September 03, 2010 9:20 AM
The storm is now covering more area than the state of California. Its well-defined eye is easy to make out.
Most people are packing up and leaving North Carolina's Outer Banks. Mandatory evacuations are in place. But there are a few who are staying, even though North Carolina's governor is telling them it's a bad idea.
Earl is threatening most of the eastern seaboard. Not since Hurricane Bob in 1991 has so much of the east coast faced a hurricane threat like this.
In that storm there was $1.5 Billion in damage.
Even worse, that hurricane killed 18 people.
After a glancing blow with the Outer Banks. Earl is expect to come within 30 miles of Nantucket.. hitting that area with 100 mile per hour winds.
