Just now the lights flickered, then my computer shut itself off. At 6 AM the wind was moderate but in the last two hours it has stepped up quite a bit with strong gusts. High tide is coinciding with the passage of the storm center to the west. This means wind will push the storm surge in the dangerous quadrant into our area. We seem to be far enough away from the storm center to avoid the worst of the wind but storm surge will raise the tide very high.