Then there was Hurricane Elena in 1985 that just sat in the Gulf for a day or so and went in circles until finally the meteorologists threw up their hands and said that at some point it was going to start going in some direction and they had no clue when or where.
It was weird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Elena
I was flooded in Elena. Oh, I remember it well.
Irma could dawdle down there for some hours
I drove back to college in the midst of that storm after it was inland. I had to steer left to go straight. Bah.