Actually - no - he wasn't. He actually got bad information from a coast guard admiral (Schultz). The forecast was very clear on Sunday what it was doing. Alabama was BARELY in the ERA map - but for that matter - so was the northern coast of CUBA! And if you look at it - more of CUBA was at risk than Alabama.
However-it really wasn't his fault - it was the fault of the person briefing him. He can't be expected to know what all the models are showing - etc. And on Sunday - all the models were showing a clear re-curve up the coast...even all the ensembles. Only one model even brought it to the coast - and it's a trash model. There was NO forecast putting any impacts into Alabama by any official forecast...only by people who don't know what they are doing (i.e. - non-meteorologists)
All contradicted by an *official* NOAA statement, including contemporaneous predicted storm impact forecasts to backup the statement.
And in your previous post you claim Alabama was 200 miles outside the wind probability map. Who cares about Cuba. Give it up.