One thing that could help the entire state is that the forward movement of the storm is 13 knots(15 mph) if that keeps up it won’t be around that long to do any real damage unless it gets to be a 4.
From my experience here, one never really knows where these hurricanes will eventually make landfall until they actually make landfall.
I've got a good generator that will run the entire house and well pumps, except the air conditioning. Never been more than three days without electric company power. But with the generator, it's a moot point. We've been lucky to have no property damage either. The biggest trouble is battening down the hatches before it hits and then cleaning up all of the tree debris that is on the ground afterwards.