Is it just me or does it look like this thing is taking a much deeper dive into mainland Cuba than any model or forecaster predicted? Would it be really all that surprising if 24 hours from now the updated forecast has this thing with an entirely new path? One that is much less bleak for Florida. Afterall, 24 hours ago Miami was the bullseye. One day later and the bullseye is an entire state-width west. With more than a day before projected Florida landfall that leaves plenty of time for a much changed pathway.
Call it wishful thinking, call it part conspiracy theory, but it wouldn't shock me at all to learn that scientists and meteorologists are already starting to sense a Florida miss, but don't want the media to run with it and lead people back south. And the media stays hush, hush knowing the second word gets out that Florida is in the clear, their ratings tank. I know it's probably a longshot but I'd love to be right on this one. It would be easy to understand why the models wound up way off. Irma is flanked by two other hurricanes which no doubt have the potential to throw everything out of whack.