[LibertyRocks]

I had thought the backside/after the eye was worse, but I could be wrong. I'm definitely not an expert on these things. Perhaps someone else on this thread can help?

[conservative in nyc]

Steveegg or someone who actually understands weather better than me can explain it better, but I think the wind will shift on the backside (to from the south), which will push water north.

[steveegg]

If you do get the eye itself, then the backside is worse because it goes from calm/almost calm to total bedlam. If you're just getting the eyewall, the right-side is worse because the motion of the hurricane gets added to the wind (and if you're on the coast, you get the worst of the surge).

[John Jamieson]

Backside is usually weaker because eye starts to breakup when front hits. This storm lost it's backside an hour ago.