I don't know how many WBF members live on the Carolinas' east coast, but I would put my hi-fi stereo system on the second floor or in the attic if you have one.
And stay safe with your families. If you live by the ocean, near the beaches of the East coast, I would move inland, West, northwest; visit the white house and the surrounding parks and gardens and libraries.
Storms like this occasionally made it very stressful to have a vacation beach house in the Outer Banks. Still, Sanderling, in the Northern part of Duck, is my favorite place in the world.
Hahaha, Bob. My house literally was adjacent to the Sanderling Inn, just north of the main Sanderling Inn building.
I could see my old house in the video! Sanderling is located in a very narrow part of the entire island, so there are several houses, including the house I had, that are the only structures sitting on land between the ocean and the Currituck Sound. So, from the living room, if you look one way you see the ocean, and if you look the other way you see the sound, with no obstructions in any direction. It makes me sad to reminisce about it.
It is not easy to get to the Outer Banks from Manhattan (9 hour drive or 1.5 hour flight from La Guardia to Norfolk, VA and then a 2.5 hour drive). To get to the Outer Banks from Los Angeles literally takes the entire day (LAX to an airport in NC, then a connecting flight to Norfolk, VA, then a 2.5 hour drive).
The benefit of the difficult logistics from Manhattan was that often there were literally zero New Yorkers there. Duck felt completely different from Manhattan, which is one reason I loved it.
I could imagine Ron. I love the quietude and vastness of ocean's beaches, I love the movies* where they filmed those sceneries. I can feel the relaxation. I didn't realise that it was that long of a drive from New Work.
Right now the people who live there or have a vacation home around those areas...I can only imagine what they are going through, the deep angoisse. Florence is not bringing a picnic @ the beach, with red wine and French bread and cheese and foie gras, she's bringing wind fury and lots of water from above and below. Time to pray, time for the people to get out, time to brace, and hope for the best.
The best would be to lose power, to die down, to lose momentum and energy.
One day they'll come up with a new technology to diminish or exterminate hurricanes.
That day won't be tomorrow, Friday or Saturday.