[mrobison]

NOAA is right:

"Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger."

Source: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D8.html

You are wrong.

[NittanyLion]

"Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger."

That's only if conditions remain status quo. Since the storm is now moving over land, it will only weaken at this point as it's deprived of warm water.