Seaside Heights Mayor Tony Vaz is suggesting that other shore towns follow his borough's example of having lifeguards on duty until the end of September.
Even from 1,000 miles away there is already a high risk of rip currents with wave heights of 7 feet up-and-down the Jersey Shore as Lee makes its way north parallel to the east coast.
Two people drowned at the shore and a third presumed dead in the water churned up by several post-tropical lows including former hurricanes Franklin and Idalia.
A line of thunderstorms Tuesday morning caused flash flooding in New Brunswick, flight cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, led to a dramatic rescue and spawned a funnel cloud at the Jersey Shore.
State legislative committees consider bills to help the company building an offshore wind farm as two more dolphins strand themselves at New Jersey beaches.