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    Default Key West succumbs to Hurricane Mania

    Alas, even I who am generally fearless--or maybe just bored with all the hurricane hype.

    But friday night, when all these locals kept coming and asking me what I was going to do, how it was going to hit hard, 'not since 1937...', and more importantly, if I was going to evacuate etc., even I started worrying.

    No one ever evacuates Key West who lives here. I have no intention unless guys with guns come. But it does make me nervous when the locals start talking that way.

    Then the guy who lives downstairs--who has some sort of nautical license, does tourist boating stuff, etc. came in and said "It's going to hit, I know the currents, etc. etc., but I'm staying".

    That's when I started to get scared of Ike.

    But one guy was a bit smarter. Friday at the end when we were closing he said if it hits Cuba it wouldn't be a problem.

    While I'm not ignorant of geography, I was looking at the relative sizes of Cuba and the peninsular area of florida--they are roughly the same.

    Of more importance is the fact that unlike Florida, Cuba has mountainous areas which do more to deflate the hurricanes. Plus if it sweeps up the center of Cuba lengthwise that's a lot of drag on it.

    So now everyone is relaxing. I was going to run around getting the hurricane stuff I didn't get for Fay or whatever her name was that wasn't three weeks ago, monday morning, but now it looks like I can relax as well.

    But I found the best site for hurricane tracking!

    http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...od=v5d#a_topad

    Check out the "GFDL Model Run" map at the lower part, it's cool!

    The ones to pay attention to are the computer models and the tracking, but all the little maps enlarge when you click on them. They update the maps a lot.
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    Good luck to you with all this craziness. I'm one of those ppl who freak out and make the situation out to be worse or more dangerous than it really is, never used to be like that but now that I have a kid i'd rather be over cautious when I didn't need to be than unprepared when I really needed the preparation ya know.
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    Default Re: Key West succumbs to Hurricane Mania

    I've talked to A LOT on Conchs who are evacuating, which is an oddity...

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    i know lots of key westers dont evacuate but this looks bad. however, i did look at the computer models on the site you linked to. it looks like you guys are going to get brushed and not hit. still be careful
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    Be careful and call me if you do decide to evacuate and need a place to stay!

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    Last night at work sucked. All just locals coming in, nothing compared to a normal saturday. We did get a rush at the end of the night but most of the dancers had left by then and it was just a pain in the ass by then. No one was worried like friday night though.

    The consensus now is that it's going to rain a lot, lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CKXXX View Post
    Be careful and call me if you do decide to evacuate and need a place to stay!
    Thanks for the offer. Hey you have kitties there, don't you?? Haha I might have to evacuate after all!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Djoser View Post
    Thanks for the offer. Hey you have kitties there, don't you?? Haha I might have to evacuate after all!
    Yes I have 2! One which will likely sleep on the bed with you! (he's a loverboy...any new person to pet him is his new best friend!!)

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    Be careful and be safe.....I love the Florida Keys

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    Default Re: Key West succumbs to Hurricane Mania

    I hope, hope, hope you're right! Maybe it wil swerve and miss you guys altogether.
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