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Gas and oil platforms have probably already sent contractors in. Platform personnel are stowing and tying down things on the platforms. Things like jack up work rigs have moved inshore. Production platforms are preparing to set dead man switches. I don’t know how many have them now but several I worked on did way back. They were setup to keep the platform producing and reporting back onshore. If the onshore operators are saw a problem they could shut it down remotely. If a platform doesn’t get a signal from onshore it automatically shuts down. A platform I worked on its controls were all the way in Dallas Texas.

Refineries if they think it’s going to be close enough to cause problems they do something similar. Go to just an emergency crew. If they are really worried about high winds they may lower the level of some towers. Or shutdown plant areas. Most control centers are blast resistant so it’s a pretty safe place. Cots, food, water, checking backup generators etc.. I only volunteered for coverage twice. You would be surprised how many people do. Big money times.