Think there is a 2 part answer depending on whether you plan to stay in the house or not.
We live on the water on Long Island facing east and we stayed. My greatest realistic concern was having a tree fall on the house or have a window broken by flying debris. Both of these are almost inescapable problems. I did pick a safe room with small windows which I covered with plywood and this was the right decision as there were a lot of small branches flying around as well as smaller trees.
I also had multiple six gallon containers for drinking water as I assumed if we lost electricity this would be a problem.
Probably over prepared but I would have done it again.
As far as property if we had not stayed, my biggest concern was my boat. I have a dock with about 2 ft water and no trailer. I believe the boat would have been damaged had I left it so I took it to Irwins who stored it out of the water for me for a few days.
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