DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County managers are relieved that Tropical Storm Hanna won't dump a lot of rain on top of soggy west side neighborhoods.

If the path doesn't change, it looks like Hanna will be too far from the coast to do significant damage.

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The few tourists still lingering along the beaches of Volusia County are relieved to hear Hanna won't be much of a headache on the coast, but the storm is kicking up some surf and leaving behind unwanted treasures like seaweed and jelly fish, but otherwise it appears Hanna will hurry along miles off shore.

"Yeah, we're going to make it through. I don't want to leave any sooner than I have to. Spent my money and I'm staying," one beachgoer said.

That's not to say she should stay in the water. Wind-driven waves will get bigger overnight, cutting holes in the ocean floor and making the sea dangerous during and after the event.

Volusia County beaches survived the summer. Tropical Storm Fay did more good than harm packing down soft sand.

Hanna's big surf is expected to be short lived, but if storms keep coming -- Ike, Josephine and other systems -- the seawalls could be jeopardized.

So far, the sand is holding firm, but as emergency managers eyeball Hurricane Ike, all bets are off.

EOC director Charlie Craig dreads a direct impact from Ike, but said even passing by like Hanna, a Category 4 hurricane could tear up the shore.