Tampa Bay still appears to be in the cone of stupidity. Fellow forecasters, please continue to emphasize that the cone is really the total wind area and that the danger exists until the storm has passed completely out of the cone. People still tend to simplify a hit or miss and that is not any more true for hurricanes than it is for rain, over a region. Just because it rains 3 inches at my house and only one inch at your house does not mean that you do not get wet. That is my philosophical statement of caution to those who think they are safe from the dreaded direct hit.