Warning flares: Next weekend could get dicey around here with Hurricane Earl

Currently the projected path from the NOAA only carries the storm as far as next Friday morning at 2 am but at the 2 am Friday 'checkpoint' Earl is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane with winds around 120 mph sitting close to the North Carolina and Virginia state line. Now, what happens in the prediction from there is very important. Does it track off into the north Atlantic, does it skirt up the east coast and destroy everybody's Labor Day weekend or, more nefariously does it swing in towards land threatening the tri-state with huge wind and water?

Something to plan for and most certainly to pay attention to.