Sounds like shades of Hurricane Floyd 1999....
This will be no Floyd. Floyd was a monster, a huge hurricane. I've seen sat photos of thunderstorm flare-ups over Cuba with more impressive convection than the current signature for Ernesto. The only thing keeping it going right now is the momentum of the winds that are already in motion - there isn't much deep convection near the center.
Oh boy, do I remember Floyd (probably a depression or TS when it got to me in northwestern Delaware). I was a sophomore at the University of Delaware, and a bunch of guys from my floor at my dorm decided to play football out in that deluge. It was awesome. It was more like "mudball" after a short while.