Warbler said:

my real concern is what is this thing going to do to my beloved Jersey Shore? They are evacuating the shore area right now. No one has said anything about evacuations around here. Our house is good strong sturdy one, I think it will be able to stand it. But we do have trees in the area, if one should fall in the right direction and hit our roof . . . Not to mention the dangers of flying debris and whatnot. Also our area has had a lot of rain, the combination of what we've had already + Hurricane Irene, could cause a lot of flooding.

Then I'll pray for your shore, too. ;)