[CedarDave]

Wilma is moving toward the northeast near 53 mph ...85 km/hr...and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours...keeping Wilma well offshore of the northeastern United States.

I have never heard of a major storm move this fast!!

[dirtboy]

I have never heard of a major storm move this fast!!

The Long Island Express, the hurricane in 1938 that trashed eastern Long Island and Providence, was estimated to be moving between 60 and 70 mph when it made landfall.

And forecasters thought it was goint to stay off the coast, and folks had no idea it was coming. Imagine going to the beach in the morning and be in your house fighting for your life that afternoon.