Thank you for the blog post. I am praying that this storm will dissipate quickly and damage will not be too severe. Be safe!
I live on a small island of the coast of Canada. Hurricanes are usually not more than cat 1 or tropical storms when they reach us so wind is not usually the issue here - it's storm surge. Over the years (I'm in my 5th decade of life) I can see a rise in the "normal" sea level so high tides combined with storm surge are more devastating than they were just 20 years ago. Climate change deniers should see what I see every day with rising sea levels and warming ocean waters.