Gotta agree with you there, Shawn -- on the current course, it's headed straight for the western part of the island. They need one of those Ivan or Charley-type jogs to the west as it approaches, or they are going to take it on the chin from a yet-again rapidly intensifying hurricane.

Recon reports pressure down to 956mb. Eyewall is elliptical in nature and pretty steady; probably should hold for awhile, allowing for more intensification (given favorable upper level winds). It might yet make one more run at its previous intensity, unfortunately. Emily's proving yet again to be quite the bugger intensity-wise...no one has really called this one right so far.