You guys think I'm kidding. Why would I kid? I've not been known to joke around on this board ever.
And all of you are absolutely right about the total unpredictability of tropical storms/hurricanes. I can personally vouch for that.
Last September, the whole week before our cruise I was watching the formation of Hurricane Jeanne closely. We were doing a land/sea, with the land first.
Well, when we left Chicago, Jeanne was heading straight north and not predicted to make landfall and, in fact, to start drifting eastward and away from the US.
So we left with happy hearts and ready to roll.
We had a happy and fun first day at the World and that night I turned on the Weather Channel to see how hot it would be the next day. To my complete horror

Jeanne had made a complete LOOP in the Atlantic, evidently had changed her mind and was now heading straight for Port Canaveral. It was an absolute shock!
So, there you go. Let's just hope that the forecast says GAMMA is heading straight for us and that way, he/she/it will end up going the opposite direction. Count on it.
Kris