Thanks for your valuable input. Much appreciated. Time will tell. The tracks into New Orleans appear to anticipate the storm system skirting Cuba completely. Interesting.
Yeah, the upshot here is that nobody from Lake Charles to the OBX can ignore this storm... I wouldn’t be taking any kind of serious action yet, of course, but keeping tabs on it. It’s like dropping a ball into a danged pachinko machine.
I sure hope it comes nowhere near the Miami Beach area further impeding the rescue, or at this point sadly likely the recovery efforts.