Does anyone have any ideas of what Conway and surrounding vacinity is likely to be facing?
Conway is about 15 miles from the ocean. That is too close to call, but if the hurricane stays slightly off short, there might be some weakening, but Conway would be in the maximum wind and rain areas if the eye is near the shore.
Conway is a bit inland and slightly higher elevation. It’s better than being direct oceanfront in a hurricane making landfall nearby and at least that landfall is to the north or appears to be at present, the north side of landfall is reputedly the “dirty” side. They’ll experience high wind and heavy rain though. If in an even remotely flood prone area there will be problems, and if by a tidal creek or river of any size feeding into the ICW, there will be storm surge.
Here’s the solar powered cam on the decommissioned lighthouse at Frying Pan Shoals, about 32 miles out to sea off of Bald Head Island, NC. Getting pretty windy, can’t hear the gulls anymore, camera’s shaking slightly. Chop is picking up, occasional larger swells. Not much in the way of whitecaps yet. The cam is 60 ft above the water, for scale, rougher than you think. The US flag is flapping and snapping pretty hard. Nothing compared to what it will be like tomorrow, though.