Hurricane Ike is scheduled to be passing the Keys tomorrow and all on residents have been evacuated. The mandatory evacuation of residents was lifted today at noon. I don’t think very many locals evacuated.
Luckily for us the storm has made land fall on Cuba and weakened significantly. For many in the tourism industry this storm looks like it will be more of a financial hit then anything else. Most places are boarded and closed and Duval street is deserted.
The way the forecast is appearing now, 24 hours before the storm is predicted to be closest to the Island, it appears the most we will be getting is tropical storm force winds. But anything is still possible.
Kite Boarders Where out enjoying the winds before the storm
