Ralph, just wanted to state that the main reason I come to THIS site is that for every bit of hype here, you get 10 pieces of solid meteorological information and education. Most other sites it is like 2 to 1 hype to info. It is an odd thing about us hurricane trackers that, despite all that we know about what these storms can do, we have this unconscious (or sometimes conscious) desire to experience what we track at some point in our lives and that can color the predictions. I must say after having cleaned up the mess after Charlie, Fran, and Jeanne that I am quite satisfied to get a near miss from a tropical storm every once in a while. Stick around here long enough and these guys will teach you stuff (and send you searching other web sites for info and cool radar loops). This is a low hype zone!!
As to Emily....she sure seems to want to come visit us in Florida and I am going to keep a close eye on her because of that. If I had just taken the forcast from 3 days ago as law, I might have tuned out and assumed it would get nowhere near here. Interaction with Hispanola and Cuba will tell the tale.