Posted on 08/27/2006 11:57:30 AM PDT by LouAvul
KEY WEST, Fla. - Visitors were ordered to leave the Florida Keys on Sunday because of the possibility that Hurricane Ernesto could threaten the island chain, emergency officials said.
The Monroe County Emergency Management office told tourists with immediate plans to travel to the Keys to postpone their trips and ordered those already in the island chain to leave.
All travel trailers and recreational vehicles also were ordered off the islands immediately.
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Why evacuate? The government will protect them and their homes from any hurricane because that's the government's job. It's just redundant for these people to look out for themselves.*
*sarcasm tag
Next thing ya know, Pres. Bush will be charged with having it out for the gay community because he didn't provide free airline flights out of Key West.
Hurricane Ernesto Live Thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690717/posts
[...Pres. Bush will be charged with having it out for the gay community because he didn't provide free airline flights out of Key West.]
The gays were the first to leave. They already had their #### packed.
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