Pray for my Folks

"AFTER DEEPENING AT A RATE THAT BORDERED ON INSANE DURING THE AFTERNOON...DENNIS HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AT A MORE NORMAL RATE THIS EVENING...IT IS EXPECTED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN SAMPLES THE NORTHEAST EYEWALL THAT IT WILL FIND STRONGER WINDS THAT WILL JUSTIFY UPGRADING DENNIS TO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...TRACK MODEL GUIDANCE IS TIGHTLY CLUSTERED IN CALLING FOR LANDFALL IN THE PENSACOLA FLORIDA-PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI AREA...AND THE OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK IS BASICALLY DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUSTER. (Where my parents are, in defiance of the Governor's mandatory evacuation order.)

- from the National Hurricane Center: