Wednesday, October 19, 2005
According to the Miami Herald:
...This year, officials in the Keys have ordered evacuations for hurricanes Dennis and Rita.
Now here comes Wilma, and emergency managers said they might have to order evacuations of Keys tourists on Thursday and residents on Friday. Schools and county offices are likely to close Thursday and Friday.
Wilma could hardly have materialized at a worse time: Key West's annual weeklong Fantasy Fest -- a major moneymaker that attracts thousands of revelers to the island chain -- is set to begin this weekend.
"We don't want to get caught," said Irene Toner, Monroe County's director of emergency management. 'We want to make sure that by Friday night, we are all set. All of this could change if the track changes or slows down."
The county asked the National Guard to place on standby C-130s routinely used to evacuate Keys hospital patients....
I have been coming to Fantasy fest since 2000...and I'm expecting 2005 to be the best year yet. Let's hope that hurricane Wilma doesn't have her way and leave Key West under water. Otherwise, you'll just have to see pictures of what 'could have been'.
With New Orleans and now Fantasy Fest, you have to wonder - are these hurricanes party-crashers?
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