about every 6 hours the 3 day cone changes quite a bit. Kinda lends one to believe that forecasting is sometimes, with some systems....tough to nail down.

anyone in the Gulf coast....to as far east as Destin....should consider what this storm might do. For one thing..it is a very large storm...and as was mentioned...had it been over water.....all the time....it'd be a major hurricane by now...i'd think. That being said....I don't rule out anything...from exiting in the Mexican coast...to looping north to the oil-laden northern gulf coast waters....

the trend toward the east....has begun,