00:00AccurEther correspondent Bill Waddell is in Cape May, New Jersey.
00:03Bill, millions of dollars of work could be washed away by this storm.
00:09Yeah, that's right, Anna and Jeff.
00:11We're actually starting to see that already happening in real time here behind us.
00:14You can see surfers are making the most of these huge waves,
00:17but they're splashing over the beach and already cutting a line through this part of the beach.
00:21So we're seeing sand really being washed away.
00:24There's nearly $99 million worth of beach renourishment projects that have been happening across South Jersey.
00:31Some of those projects were just completed in recent weeks,
00:33but other projects are still happening and they've been put on pause because of this storm.
00:39And again, a lot of that work could be washed away.
00:41Take a look at the video.
00:42You can see there are double red flags that have been put up at the beaches up and down this
00:47stretch of the Jersey Shore.
00:49Crews have been busy moving lifeguard stands and boats away from the water.
00:53They don't want anyone here in the water unless they are an experienced surfer.
00:57The whale-watching boats and ferries are still running in the waves today,
01:01but that may change as conditions head downhill.
01:03Some visitors say they had a beach trip planned here for weeks
01:07and they're trying to make the most of it instead of pulling the plug on their vacation over a nor
01:12'easter.
01:14Very empty. The waves are pretty big, choppy.
01:17But yeah, we just wanted to come down and see what it was like.
01:20Um, if we wish the weather would have been better, but it's not raining.
01:25So you've got to enjoy the last bit of something that you can.
01:28If you can do it, do it.
01:32That's right. A vacation is a vacation, right?
01:35Officials are urging visitors and locals to be careful where they park their cars tonight
01:39and especially tomorrow because street flooding is a concern.
01:44Nor'easters like this, they can push a lot of water up and into those back bays.
01:49So, of course, there's a lot of people out here taking pictures and videos,
01:52watching the surfers, watching what's happening to the beaches.
01:55But we know with the direction of the wind, the push of the water,
01:58a lot of it ends up in the back bays.
02:00So it's actually the communities and the neighborhoods along the bays and the inlets
02:04where those streets can see a lot of coastal flooding.
02:08Good stuff, Bill.
02:09Anna and I just can't help but notice the wide variety of wardrobe behind people surfing
02:13and also trench coats.
02:15And backpacks.
02:16Yes.
02:16And I guess they're the observers that you were talking about.
02:19We were kind of lost somewhere between late summer, early fall and just a cold winter storm.
02:25That's from nor'easter for us.
02:26September nor'easter for you.
02:28All right.
02:28Well, let Bill get away from the wind for a little bit here
02:32and take you out to North Carolina's Outer Banks, take the view from Rodanthe.
02:37And yeah, that's what we expect from this roadway during a storm like this.
