Hurricane Earl Nears East Coast

Not to be an alarmist, but Hurricane Earl (that just sounds wrong!) is on track to become a category 3 storm, a major hurricane according to the folks at NOAA.  The path keeps veering further and further west and now looks like it could graze the Eastern Seaboard including South Carolina, Virginia and even New England.

It has been a while since a major hurricane hit the New England states and such an event would be costly and dangerous.  Nightmare scenarios have a hurricane coming up the coast and smacking New York City and Long Island.  I have a bad feeling about this one, it will bear watching.