Four shelters are open to accommodate those people in the Keys who want
to have a safe place to go during the approaching storm. Shelters at
Key West High School on Flagler Avenue... Sugarloaf school on upper
Sugarloaf Key... Stanley switlik school in Marathon... and Coral Shores
High School in Islamorada opened at 200 PM today. If you live in a
Mobile home... on a boat... in a low lying area... or are homeless... you
are strongly recommended to go to a shelter for your own safety.
Key West International Airport will stop commercial traffic this
evening at 7 PM after the last commercial flight. The closure of Key
West International Airport will last through Sunday. Marathon
Airport will also be closed at 7 PM today. In addition... the last
Greyhound bus is scheduled to leave the Key West terminal at 530 PM
this evening.
County offices... sheriff's offices... schools... and the County courts
will be closed on Monday.
City buses will not be running Sunday. However... extra buses are
scheduled today to aid the voluntary move to shelters. City of Key
West offices will be closed on Monday.
Did I get it right is the course now more a direct hit for Key West and less of a hit for the middle and Upper Keys?Also do we know how big the eye is?