On this note, Buoys don't seem to be working properly for me half the time. Notably, they don't seem to lift the storm from any "Ocean Shallows" areas, though they will do it for Continental Shelf areas.
Dunno if that was intentional, but it makes them considerably less useful, as even if you Buoy out to a Shallows, it'll still be wind-covered. This made it impossible to wind-block my only Ocean Shallows on the map...