@The Ghost
Friend, 6:21 pm, central time, it is now moving more west, covering land in Florida, not staying off the coast. Maybe by Monday morning, the path will be more definite.
??? Living here in FL I haven't heard anything definitive today about it covering land in FL. The possibility is still there but most of the models show it staying just off the coast.
The hurricane has stalled over the Bahamas and they will continue to get battered -- the storm was moving only at 3mph! Last forecast has it speeding up to 7 mph moving west and it is still uncertain when it is going to take that turn to the north -- we should know better by tomorrow.
Again, most of the hurricane projection models show it staying off the coast even as it veers north and I have not heard anything about it actually making landfall anywhere in the U.S.
With a Cat 5 coming towards the U.S., this is a better safe than sorry scenario and everyone along the eastern coast of FL, GA, SC, NC needs to be prepared.
I have lived in FL now for over 25 years and have been through several hurricanes. It is silly not to evacuate for a hurricane over a CAT 3 and even at that, storm surge is always, always a consideration.