I would not worry about patio furniture unless winds would be gusting above 50 mph and only if she has an umbrella that needs to be taken in. And luckily never had to deal with overly concerned family. Sorry you have to go thru that.
I was just looking at our extended forecast and it shows low 70's for highs and around 60 for lows from next Saturday till Tuesday. That would be awesome for us if it verifies.
Picked up only .03" with an 80% chance of rain. Very humid out. Currently 81/80.
Spoke too soon. Got a surprise hit with a lone tropical downpour that formed over us. Picked up .44" with it.
Streak finally ended with .66" from a heavy thunderstorm just a bit ago.
EDIT: Rain has stopped. We ended up with 1.81" for the day including hours of a good soaking rain.