Either way it could re-emerge in the western Gulf and I have no idea what the steering patterns then might be. Anywhere from Mexico to Lousiana. We'll know far better in three or four days.
I understand that there is terrific current in the Yucatan Channel, makes sense that when tide moves through such a constricted area there would be rips and stuff. Lots of drugs went through there in times gone by, still do, I suppose.