Residents Wait Before Reacting to Hurricane Earl

"We, as a state, are on high alert," said Gov. Donald Carcieri at Wednesday's news conference. Portsmouth residents, however, wait to hear hurricane's final path before responding to threat.

Despite warnings, many Portsmouth residents are giving Hurricane Earl the cold shoulder. "What is there to worry about?" asked Mike Viera, a Portsmouth resident sprawled out on the sand of Teddy's Beach. "There are too many variables. The top scientists don't even know where it is going, so we won't know anything until tomorrow afternoon. Even then, you never really know." Viera said he will be spending Friday night at the beach watching the storm roll in – from the protection and comforts of his car, of course. "I love natural disasters," he said. "I would love to see it come, but who knows." A few hundred yards away at Stone Bridge Marina, Mike Strachan is gearing up to pull his boat. Strachan has kept his boat at Stone Bridge Marina for…

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