Dang, Abud, I hope you're right.....looks like Beech Island is only about 100 miles from the ocean.....we live almost 300 miles from the gulf coast, and we had 75 mph winds here at my home, during Katrina.

I'll never forget that sustained wind, which shifted 180 degrees, it was relentless.....first, from the south for half the night, then, from the north for the next half day.....it blew the cut-glass door outta my son's brand new home, and tossed it across his front yard about 200 ft.....the contractor and I picked it up the next day, and it didn't even have a scratch on it.....he re-installed it within an hour.

I'm praying for ALL you east coast folks !!!!!