Fortunately, it wasn't a major hurricane that went right through the Keys. It hasn't been a worst-case scenario by any means.
There's still plenty of warm water that it needs to move over in the next couple days. The forecast is favourable for further intensification.
This is the time you should be paying attention. There's no reason to panic, but at this point in the hurricane season, everyone should have a plan in place.
It's just the way the large-scale atmospheric patterns have set up.
It's possible as Ophelia moves north-northeast those outer bands of tropical storm-force winds could affect portions of southern New England.
It's still developing and its path could change.