Well I feel somewhat mollified...the met blogs from wunderground seem to concur that Emily was a Cat 5 with some higher winds for a short time, but not for a long enough time for NHC to upgrade the intensity.

Sun morning things seem a lot like Emily's previous reorganization. Concensus seems to be that Emily won't have enough time to get back to her previous strength before landfall, but that there will still be a lot of damage due to the large amount of building that went on along the coasts the last 15 years. Well I am glad she won't get the chance to get back up to that strength. Yesterday was a really interesting day to watch her and I'll be satisfied with that.