It's amazing how a nothing storm like Fred can have some serious financial implications for those in its pathway. With the accelerated forward speed it could spell really good things for my family.
As for the NOAA buoys I heard a rumor that some of the lighthouses could be for sale. Whether or not they are the data system needs to be privatized and soon. It's unacceptable to have important light houses along the reef some 4-6 miles offshore of our southernmost coast for example from Miami to Marathon in operable month after month.
Let private enterprise take over and solve the problems of incompetent big govt.
Lighthouses for sale...Southern Living published an article about this in 2019 The Government is Giving Away These Florida Lighthouses—with a Catch.