Ah! So you know where I’m coming from! I’d love to see some of the ‘danger junky’ weather followers who think ‘buzzsaw’ storms( I actually saw someone bemoan the end of the hurricane season without at least one buzzsaw killer storm) and the ‘OMG there was wind and rain in Manhattan, we’re still traumatized!’ types FLY DOWN to where this is forecast to hit. Get a hotel room on the beach(lots available, sane people will leave), or pay an evacuating homeowner to stay in their house. EXPERIENCE a Cat 4-5! Live the dream, go out and live stream it! Then- if you survive- talk about ‘superstorms’!
I’ve never experienced a hurricane while directly on the coast, but have well inland with Hugo. The wind literally howling for hours, driving rainwater into weird places in the house, listening to the framing of the house creak and pop while the power is out, and hearing heavy objects impacting the exterior, that’s just not pleasant. I’d hate to think of experiencing such a thing even more strongly with the threat of storm surge on top of all that.
If we wait to see what happens, I figure all hotels will already be full.... so not sure how to proceed really.