They’re over 12 hours away from the main event. Already experiencing spotty power hits here in Northern VA - we’re also 12 hours away from the main event.
As for storm surges...I grew up on the South Shore a few blocks from the water. A hurricane hit when I was nineteen (a million years ago). We left our cars up on Merrick Road and walked a mile down to a waterfront bar (on a canal in Seaford) where about fifteen of us had a party.
We decided it was time to leave when the water in the bar reached our knees. We linked arms and walked back up to the cars...half drunk and laughing like idiots.
Good times.