If u were here for Hurricane Irene u better prepare for this one. New Jersey could get slammed equal or worse with flooding and wind damage. No reason not to prepare for this.
About 400 miles inland in WV so I'm not crazy worried...
I think it is way over-hyped BECAUSE of Irene last year. It's ridiculous people lining up at the grocery store before it opens on Saturday, when the storm is a good 48 hours away.
I'm not going to buy a generator or panic, it probably will just be a healthy rain and windstorm when it gets to southern new england..
You have nothing to worry about, that 400 miles of land will kill any hurricane. I'm only a couple of miles from the coast, but on the top of a hill....no flooding worries from me. This thing has maybe a 5% chance of being like Irene, IMO.
Our local weather is still calling for between 8"-12" of snow for northern West Virginia.