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Long Island is going to see sustained winds of 45-50 mph tomorrow night with gusts up to 80 mph. Prob 2-4 inches of rain (which is the least of our concerns). Storm surge will be up to 12ft. I don't think you realize how bad that is and its going to be sustained for over 12 hours.
There are going to be a lot of downed trees. With those winds, a moist ground and a lot of leaves still on the trees, some really big trees are coming down. I'm in a local fire dept out here and we are preparing for a very rough late afternoon until early Tuesday.
Do not down play this. It's going to be bad. Just because there isn't going to be a crazy amount of rain doesn't matter. It's the heavy winds and storm surge for a long period of time. It's making landfall prob around 8pm tomorrow but going to be extremely bad 1pm tomorrow until early morning Tuesday.
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