Yet another reason why I don't live on the ocean. It's a nice place to visit, but I sure don't want to have to rebuild my house every few years. The tornadoes here in Kentucky are bad enough.
I remember the sky going this wierd gray-green, with a very ominous, powerful feeling. Greenage, dude. Luckily the tornadoes skipped all around us and we didn't get hit. I used the headlights of my own car to provide light on the motel during the hours of power outages though.
Before KY, I lived in...Pinellas county FL. Been there, done that. Don't care to see a hurricane any closer than I've already seen them. Good luck and God bless to all in this storm's uncertain path.