All this hype and the storm may not even make landfall. Wow!
It’s not about hype... it’s about public awareness and readiness (well... for most reputable media outlets).
Just to indicate the difficulty in forecasting these systems, I was looking at a system presently in the Midwest, and came across this from the NWS Office @ Paducah, KY:
Reasonably high confidence continues for a generally dry forecast throughout much of the short term, with seasonably warm temperatures. Main exception come with a pesky trof that has developed over the MS River Valley region, between two mid/upper level high pressure systems off to the east and west of the trof. Ironically, this is the same weakness that is likely to play havoc with the eventual track of hurricane Dorian early next week.
“Illustrate” would be a better word than “indicate” in my above post...
:-)