I was in Gloria on Long Island - the storm that brought down LILCO. This was an urban area, and I knew people who ended up without power for 2 weeks. They lived off tuna fish - egad!
I was only out for 3 days, but I had a gas stove at the time. So was able to cook. And it was Sept, so didn't need air. Actually it was pretty nice - instead of staying in at night and watching TV, people starting strolling the neighborhoods in the evening, greeting friends, and barbequeing.
Good news for our friends in Bonnie's path. She has dropped wind speed somewhat, and looking a bit more disorganized. Charlie update should be up momentarily.
At 11 PM EDT...0300z...the Hurricane Watch has been extended northward along the west coast of Florida to Anna Maria Island.
I was in Gloria in Delaware - we lost power and cable, the cable only because the neighbor's willow tree came down and the cable company had laid the cable over the roots......idiots.
We were only without power for a couple of hours, but had friends staying with us who had been evacuated from where they lived. thankfully they had enough warning and moved most of their stuff upstairs and that they had flood insurance - the water line was more than 2 feet up the living room walls when they finally got back home.
Gloria did far more damage up your way than it did to us down here, even though we had a huge amount. I'm originally from NYC - so am quite familiar with LILCO and the urban areas of the Island.