@hawaii_jake I don’t mean to show a lack of respect to those who have been killed, hurt, or will have damage to property, of course I take the storm seriously, as I just stated on a different Q that was asking about the media reports on Irene. But, for the vast majority of people it will be annoying and boring. I have been through many hurricanes and it is running around a day or two before to buy what you need and prepare, then being safely at home, or wherever you are spending the storm, before the storm begins to hit, then waiting for it to hit, then waiting to get through the bands, listening to where it is going, listening to stuff bang around outside (that is part of the nervousness) but a Cat 1 is not going to have a freight train sounding wind as so many describe in tornados and stronger storms. God forbid, sometimes tornadoes deelop in the hurricane, and that is worse than those 80 MPH winds at the eye. Then waiting for it to end, then finally going out to see the damage, possibly losing electricity. Being under curfew for days after. Stopping at every single intersection that has a light if traffic lights are out. Cleaning up outside. Flooding is a different story, that is a really big deal, and NYC has some real risk of flooding, and anyone very close to the coasts. Just a quarter mile in and people should not worry about flooding from storm surge, excluding islands, I am not talking about islands, they are at more risk, but there is some worry from such heavy rains of course.