Media and government have an interest in frightening people.
Kind of stupid to say if the eye is offshore nothing to worry about.
Don't put words into my mouth. I said they will not be getting the worst of it. The most dangerous quadrant will be offshore throughout. The eyewall will be offshore most of the time (as you concede), so most of the coast will not suffer cat 4 winds. Hurricane force winds diminish rapidly as one moves inland, and those folks will be seeing winds from the much less dangerous northern direction.
If people being concerned bothers you, go troll another thread sport.
What bothers me is government/media panic peddling. This is a real storm that people need to take seriously, but it's not trolling to advise people not to lose their heads. If I lived within a mile of the beach or in a mobile home, I would leave. If I lived in a low area, especially close to water, I would probably leave. If I lived 5 or more miles inland, on high ground, in a well-built house with no dangerous trees close by, I would absolutely not leave unless I had special medical problems or no supplies and a complete inability to cope with some inconvenience for a few days. That is not trolling; it is sound advice from someone with personal experience of Betsy, Camille, Katrina, and at least a dozen others that I've forgotten or was too young to remember, plus scores of close calls.
That is not what the GFS and Euro models are showing. They show the center of the eye running right up much of the Florida coast - which means the NE quandrant is coming into the coast. Not only that, but the coast up around Georgia is much more prone to storm surge.
That is not trolling
Considering you don't even have the details of the forecast down, I'd say you are trolling. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. And the forecast 12-24 hours out is currently worst-case.