Blinhart wrote:Hurrilurker wrote:Landing in between Houston and New Orleans is about the best scenario given the circumstances, no?
I wouldn't say best scenario, but most likely scenario. The Best Scenario is for this to fall completely apart, which unfortunately won't happen.
Well yeah of course, but I mean assuming it does not dissipate (and it seems unlikely given the environment). Obviously it's not good for anyone near where it does cross, but avoiding 2 major population centers in the cone would be "good". Of course any factor at this point could easily swing it into one of those cities including how it interacts with the tip of Cuba. They're going to have a really hard time in the next few days determining who gets evacuation orders and who doesn't -- not easy to give that order for a large city, or to decide to hold off.