Which states and people should be worried about Hurricane Earl?

Where would you need to live to be afraid of getting hit by the hurricane, or by having your surroundings destroyed?|||Hurricane Earl is currently a Category 4 hurricane, which means it is packing winds of 131-155 mi/hr. at the moment North Carolina is on hurricane watch but the NHC (national hurricane center) are saying that no direct land impact is expected BUT if it moves west then it will bring it into direct impact with the eastern seaboard, if this happens then the NHC says it will cause "catastrophic" damage to the east coast, Katrina was a category 3 storm when it hit New Orleans, Earl may hit at Category 4 so would be much worse then Katrina.





I have read numerous articles that if the worse happens and moves into line with the US for a direct impact then cape cod WILL be hit on Friday or Saturday, please do not panic at that statement, it is IF it moves west. Please be aware that if, for your own safety you feel the need to evacuate please do so calmly.





If it hits or comes close to the east coast then i would advise to keep away from the coast, i would highly recommend you to listen for announcements and, just as precaution move to higher ground if it is said that it will hit or come dangerously close, if you are told to evacuate then please do so, don't make the mistake some of the Katrina survivors did and stay, leave.





Good luck and God bless|||Earl shouldn't make a US landfall. I look for it to stay 75-125 miles off of the coast. It will be close to many areas, so some higher wind gusts, rain, high surf, and rip currents should be the only problem. Most of the statistical and dynamic models keep it in the sea. Now, on the satellite this afternoon, Earl looked to me like it had taken a sharper right turn than the models showed. This will put it further east than the models indicated, which means it will be further away from the coast. I would note, the models did this same thing with Danielle.|||Yes, living here in Florida,we are concerned,we have a lot of severe thunder- storms and twisters here, anyway. The States that are on high alert are Virginia and North Carolina. Earl may hit on Thursday.|||Earl is predicted to remain out in the Atlantic but it's outter edges will affect the eastern coastal areas. More info can be found here http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.sht鈥?/a>|||N Carolina and most of the East Coast will be skimmed