I picture my 80+ year old uncle who was a lifeguard at the Jersey shore 60 years ago and has lived there before and since and whose father lived there long before (was the mayor of their town), who knows the birds in the yard and the geese that fly over every day twice a day and who fishes in the ocean, checking his surroundings, the wind, the size and quality of the surf, and he is getting himself and my aunt the heck out of there in the car of the first son to come down and get them.
He might check the forecast from White Plains, but they could check with him. He could tell them there’s something coming this way.
I don’t blame him. If you don’t have to fool with it then don’t. I was just trained in CPR again by a 70yr old lifeguard in RI. He was very funny.
Just prepare. God Bless
Or in the words of Ray Bradbury, "Something wicked this way comes."