The jet stream nudged Ernesto well offshore and it won't hit us at all as it passes by tonight and tomorrow. Needless to say, we're very grateful for that.
Regardless, this is a powerful and large storm so the Atlantic coasts will get very high surf, and it will give us some rain and probably some moderate winds on Monday and Tuesday.
20 years ago, hurricane Juan slammed into us and did massive amounts of damage. This was our fear with Ernesto.
We dodged a bullet this time but there are still many weeks of the season ahead.