I am hoping the cone stays north of us. I personally expect this to flare up to a cat 4 at some point once it gets away from the Yucatan/Cuba and into the gulf. The gulf is warmer than normal, so the potential for strengthening quickly is there. There is no way to predict the track until it gets into the gulf either. I’m worried about the low lying areas in the Tampa Bay area. No mandatory evacuations have been issued yet, and they said on the news this morning that it would take 17 hours to evacuate the first of five potential evacuation zones. By the time they tell people to get out, it may be too late.