It's definitely going to get hit, hoping some semblance of the wave survives to affect our weather.
That being said I still don't understand why phase one and two are not discussed more often. The rapidly rising Western Indian ocean temperatures should facilitate much stronger wave activity in phases 1 and 2 which are also colder phases. Also would explain why the deep South had a great winter and we had less precipitation which phase eight usually provides. The focus seems to be solely on lessening effects of phase 8 and greater effects of phases four five and six, which should not be the case when phases 1 and 2 should increase as well.