Hi Van - a very good day to you.
Not surprising really, this one was 'born' well offshore, and was never going to impact The States - and I'm sure you guys have enough to be concerned about with the monster hurricanes you do get - so there's no obvious reason for this particular one to be flagged-up domestically.
Ten in a season - is that some kind of record ? I ask, 'cause us Brits know nothing about hurricanes, as they're such a rare event over here. That's why folks get killed, 'cause we're completely unprepared.(#) In contrast, you guys expect them to occur regularly - even have a 'hurricane season'/ warning centre and so forth.
Thanks for your concern - I'm hoping it'll be nothing more than strapping the hive roofs on and maybe waking up to find a polytunnel has relocated into the field next door ... My guess is that this blow will be heavy on trees - especially in Ireland - as most are still carrying their leaves - that's what brought so many trees down back in October '87.
'best,
LJ
(#) Same story with snow - you guys get feet of the stuff every year, and so have specialised equipment to deal with it. For us it's a fairly rare event - so a few inches of snow is guaranteed to bring the country to a standstill - airports closed, railways non-operational, etc.
Update: currently upgraded to Cat 3