MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get down on the ground, shall we, and see how things are going in Virginia Beach. We've had a shift change in Virginia Beach. Kathleen Koch was there.</s>KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: A little bigger than Kathleen Koch.</s>O'BRIEN: Jeanne Meserve has her foul-weather gear on. And I'm not going there. Jeanne Meserve -- how are things going?</s>JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, we're getting whipped right now here in Virginia Beach. The winds have really picked up, and the water, too. I'm standing on the Boardwalk here. Ordinarily there is 50 or 75 yards between this seawall and the high tide mark. As you may be able to see, the tide has come right up to this seawall, and it is sweeping over it. My feet have been covered periodically here. The really question is: What's going to happen when the storm surge comes? This wall was built to withstand a surge of about nine feet, but that's at low tide. So, if the surge comes before low tide, we could definitely have</s>O'BRIEN: Oh, is she back? Let's try it one more time. Steve (ph), I think she's back there. There we go.</s>MESERVE: Have you got me there, Miles?</s>O'BRIEN: Yes, we've still got you. You're in and out, but keep pressing on.</s>MESERVE: Oh, OK. OK, I'm sorry. Atlantic Avenue is seeing a little bit of flooding down towards the end especially. There's a pier here, a fishing pier that's</s>O'BRIEN: All right, Jeanne Meserve, thanks very much. Hang in there. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
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