Much like the title character on the television show My Name Is Earl, Hurricane Earl is probably going to leave a lot of destruction in his wake, unintentionally.  On the show, Earl is a well-meaning man trying to undo a lifetime of ill deeds; on the Weather Channel, Earl is a swirling mass of storms guided by the Jet Stream with no thinking or reasoning ability.  The way it’s looking now, Hurricane Earl might scrape along the entirety of the East Coast, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, before it burns itself out or spins off into the ocean.

Earl is expected to brush against North Carolina this week, possibly by Thursday or Friday, so if you’re anywhere along the coast of the Carolinas, I suggest you get yourself prepared for the heavy rainfalls that come along with a hurricane’s presence.  According to the projected map, most of the hurricane will stay off in the ocean, so hopefully the Atlantic Coast will be spared the full fury of the Category 4 storm.  However, expect a lot of bears to come and play in the surf behind the TV reporters.

Image:  National Geographic

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