Well, network and cable news and weather services have hyped a seasonal storm to sell what their sponsors offer, and permitted climate activists and politicians to posture, so now we may return to reality. Or, non-stop Donald Trump stories, whichever.
Seriously, two days ago a semi-literate surfer could have told them, just from the shape of the waves, that nothing major or unusual was going to happen. Rain, yes; catastrophe, no.