I live on Long Island's south shore (Mastic Beach) a block from the Great South Bay. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared of this one!! We do have a french drain system in our finished basement - that's where my quilting room is. If we lose power, I have to fire up the Honda generator to keep the pumps going. I moved all my fabrics to higher shelves and all my sewing/serger machines are upstairs now on my main level. Just now we received a Voluntary Evacuation Order via recorded phone message.
We moved our third car two miles north to a friend's house and I'm ready to run with my 6 cats in 6 carriers. My husband works for the power company so he MUST be gone during most of this (not happy about that). Please everyone affected by this storm be safe and take no chances. Your belongings are not worth putting yourself in danger.