Visitors Urged to Leave Keys to Escape Tropical Storm Fay
Charleston Gazette › August 18, 2008
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KEY WEST, Fla. - Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and some tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate.
Traffic leaving Key West and the Lower Keys on Sunday afternoon was light but steady as the sky darkened with storm clouds and the National Weather Service issued watches and warnings.See the full content of this document
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Visitors Urged to Leave Keys to Escape Tropical Storm Fay
"We've seen worse than this in Omaha," said Diego Sainz, who was visiting from Nebraska with his wife and friends. They had intended to leave Sunday but couldn't get a flight out.
Authorities said traffic was heavier in the Up...See the full content of this document
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