Bastardi on FNC needs a tranq. His advice is great, but he needs to take some deep breaths.
'Roid rage....
He is irritating, but his forceful style is what is called for here. His perpendicular comment I was not familiar with. That maximizes the strength of the storm when it hits land, because the land's impact on disrupting the storm is minimized. The only thing that might help slightly, is I'm am under the impression that the eye tends to form, and then degrade and then reform in a cycle, and it may reach its max formation before it hits land, and be weakening a little bit. It depends on the speed of the storm to know what the exact timing is. I may have this form, unform, reform thing completely wrong. If I do, I hope someone who knows corrects me.