[eccentric]

It will surge across the entire Atlantic in a matter of hours,

Do ya think we could get people of the beaches in those hours?

[oceanview]

no. we can't even get day trippers off long island in two hours on any summer weekend - much less the entire population.

[FDNYRHEROES]

It will surge across the entire Atlantic in a matter of hours,
Do ya think we could get people off the beaches in those hours?

In the dead of winter, it won't take long north of Cape Hatteras......