[eastforker]

Trouble with this storm is that it is so powerful it will bring down some brick and mortar buildings if it makes landfall. And a storm of this magnitude sometimes takes on a life of it’s own and defies all expected forecasting.

[NautiNurse]

And a storm of this magnitude sometimes takes on a life of it’s own and defies all expected forecasting.

Very true.

[amorphous]

...and defies all expected forecasting.

Exactly. Once it reaches a certain size, it makes other weather systems somewhat irrelevant.