Actually Irma is our best friend when it comes to Jose.
With no Irma, Jose would keep tracking on the same exact track Irma took. However, Irma has degraded the steering enough that Jose will turn northward as he reaches the Leeward islands -- not soon enough to spare St. martin, Angilla and Barbuda unfortunately -- and Jose will Become a Central Atlantic fish storm.
There are Americans stranded in St. Maarten, the Dutch side of the island. There is widespead looting and no security at the hotel where my relative was transported from an even smaller island. For unknown reasons, the US Government declined the offer of the Dutch military to evacuate Americans before Irma hit. Now Jose is barreling down on them. Please pray for him and all people in danger.