While I understand some folks wanting to fantasize, especially during pitifully boring times, in the history of East Coast hurricane forecasting, nothing has changed!  The major pattern players are always the same, as Ryan, Tip and Coastal have pointed out; anomalous positive heights in the northwest Atlantic (Newfound wheel) and troughing moving east or digging southeast from TN/OH valley region.  There are other setups that can tease a coastal run, but they inevitably bend east/northeast.  Of all the SNE storm patterns, the hurricane threat pattern is actually one of the easiest to pick out!  And this setup would need massive changes to morph into meaningful threat.  Forget about tracking every little shift in Erin's track.  Look north and west for the answer!