[firequarrel]

I don't know if this has been covered...but for what I could find, high tide will be an hour or so before the storm is supposed to go on shore. So the storm surge level will probably be as high as it can possibly be--the worst case scenario.

[Michael Goldsberry]

"high tide will be an hour or so before the storm is supposed to go on shore."

Oh, man! The nightmare made worse.