I was visiting the woman who is now my wife and left the area on Labor Day, just a few days before it hit. Moved down to the area three weeks later once the power was restored.
Good timing on your part. Neil Frank, the retired weatherman who is one of the few that seems to be able to figure out what is going to happen with the weather, was a part of the remembrance on TV this week. He commented that if the weather people would have shared what they should have known, but obviously couldn’t figure out, they would have included information on the potential storm surge and more people would have evacuated.
Probably one of the reasons he was retired - he has a depth of knowledge the rest of them don’t seem to possess - plus he is a very nice man, Conservative Christian, and doesn’t believe in climate change. Just totally out of step with the current broadcast crew.