[Amelia]

Good advice? Do you have any idea how many people in NJ live within 50-75 miles of the coast? It ain't gonna happen.

You know you're a Southerner if several friends or relatives have already said, "Now, if that storm comes your way, you know you've got a place to stay here, don't you?" ;-)

[independentmind]

New Jersey has escaped some of the most severe hurricanes in the last 80 years or so; I hope their luck continues to hold. My mother lives than 60 miles due inland from the coast.

As for me, my guess is that my scheduled trip to Northern VA later in the week won't happen. I'm not sure how much damage a Category 5 hurricane could cause to Central Va where I live, but I guess I'll find out. As many others have mentioned, the ground is saturated, and I live at the foot of the eastern side of the Blue Ridge mountains. Exactly the same conditions existed when Camille killed over 100 people not too far away from here.