Tropical Storm Isaias Has Become Hurricane Isaias, Landfall Expected In Alabama

To quote Schiller:

"Spät kommt ihr, doch ihr kommt!"

(Late you come but still you come.)

From the National Hurricane Center, October 8, 4:55 am EDT:

 

The current forecast has maximum sustained winds approaching 95 knots/109 mph, just under the lower threshold for category 3.