[dfwgator]

I was wondering how the heck in this day and age does a ship go into a hurricane with all of the technology available.

[Ray76]

When they left for PR from Jacksonville on Tuesday the tropical storm, not a hurricane, was forecast to go north and away from Bahamas.

There was uncertainty as to the track and intensity. Here are the archived NHC forecasts: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2015/refresh/JOAQUIN+shtml/174402.shtml?