Saw some Duke guys headed up on I-4 yesterday too...we were all honking and waving at them.
Regulations are pretty specific, sympathy chocolate only for Cat 3 and above majors. Hope y’ll kept your reciepts.
:-)
What kinda surprises me (and I admit I know very little about the physics of how hurricanes operate) is that I’d have thought there’d be strengthening as it approached the Gulf Stream. I thought “With all the warm water, it will either maintain its strength or grow some”.
I’m not sure what factors are sapping its strength in that its been downgraded from a Cat 4 to a Cat 2.