Just a little jog to the right, and Raleigh gets a big hit, not to mention the fact that the track would expose where I live to a pretty big strike at tropical storm force winds.
(News and Observer) But the hurricane was also on track to hit the United States.
“Right now, the uncertainty is such that it could hit anywhere from Miami to the outer banks of North Carolina,” said Jessica Schauer Clark, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center. “So people really need to keep an eye on it.”
And there is Ike and another potential storm right behind it.