The good news re Major Hurricanes forming East of 35.0W

[malaise]

Figure 1. Tracks of all Atlantic hurricanes to reach Category 3 status east of 35°W during the period of good satellite data, 1970 - 2017. Irma’s position is marked with a red hurricane symbol. Only four other hurricanes have reached Category 3 status so far east since reliable satellite records began in the early 1970s:
29.7°W: Frances (Sep 9, 1980)
31.4°W: Julia (Sep 15, 2010)
32.0°W: Fred (Sep 9, 2009)
34.8°W: Irma (Aug 31, 2017)
35.0°W: Isaac (Sep 24, 2000)

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/hurricane-irma-mighty-storm-where-it-heading

[Laxman]

1. I Hope This Trend Proves To Be True.....

because THIS would be extremely bad. A major storm making landfall along the east coast -further north than "normal"-about every 5 years is what climate change will bring us. This would fit that anticipated pattern. Most people don't need another lesson in what climate change looks like. I have a friend who calls it "climate roulette". Every five years where will it land? Baltimore, Atlantic City, New York, Boston? The density and size of the population that is in the way of any of those choices is crazy. Let's hope the GFS is the wrong model this time....

[malaise]

2. I read a comment over at Weather Underground where someone suggested

that New York is not out of the woods here.
Truth is it's too early to worry about where this hits. We must prepare and observe for now.

[Not Ruth]

3. Everyone has a week to buy life jackets, evacuate pets, pack up photos

Seems like enough time