It's not a big overreaction in MY area. I'm near Philidelphia and my area is gonna be hit HARD. Stronger than Irene, which really destroyed our land and brought down 150 foot tall trees around my house....not only that but we live on a giant hill, so last time Irene came around we basically had a 6 foot deep moat around us.
It depends where you live, but it will be an extremely dangerous storm.
Irene came. My dad went into the wind and rain to cover our pool.
I was literally blown away by the wind. I weighed 115 pounds, I was 5'7'', and I had to hold onto the door knob while my legs and body were lifted up and I screamed for someone to open the door for me.
Power was out for 2 weeks.
Water ran out quickly
REALLY bad turnout, to say the least.