“being stalked by a turtle”
Land contact weakened the storm significantly but is now showing signs of strengthening again with eye over open water. Overall footprint of the storm expanding. Future track still not that clear.
Agreed. I think my nephew’s point was that initial forecasts were mainland landfall by last night or this morning. So people are now all prepared but getting a little antsy. But I doubt anyone, especially native Floridians, are thinking the delay is some sort of “all clear”. The satellite images of the pin dot size eye tell the story.