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Weather Report

18 Aug 2008 21:16:24 GMT
By Michael Haskins

KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 18 (Reuters) - Store owners boarded up their windows but few Florida Keys residents fled as Tropical Storm Fay churned toward the United States on Monday after killing more than 50 people in the Caribbean.

It did not appear that the sixth storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season would have time to reach hurricane strength, with top sustained winds near 74 miles per hour (119 km per hour), before passing the low-lying and flood-prone Keys.

But Fay was expected to become a hurricane before it strikes the west coast of Florida on Tuesday, somewhere near the beach resort area of Fort Myers, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Although its path was far from U.S. oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, some energy companies pulled workers from offshore platforms. Orange juice futures prices shot up on fears Fay could hit the main citrus growing areas of central Florida.

In Key West, Florida's southernmost city where Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his novels, the mood was typically nonchalant. Few people there believed a strong storm or weak hurricane would pose a serious threat.

The popular Hog's Breath Saloon on Duval Street was one bar that closed down due to the poor weather forecast.

"We'll open tomorrow because we expect the weather will be nice," said general manager Charlie Bauer.

Many restaurants however remained open even as the wind began to pick up and a driving rain started to blow painfully through increasingly deserted streets.

"This isn't a hurricane. If the media wasn't down here hyping this up, this would be a non-event," grumbled Key West Island Books proprietor Marshall Smith.

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By 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday, Fay was located just 20 miles (30 km) southeast of Key West and its top sustained winds were at 60 mph (95 kph).

It was moving north-northwest at 14 mph (23 kph) and was expected to curve to the northeast into Florida's west coast. Densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale in the southeast of the state was buffeted by bands of heavy rains and gusty winds.

Fay crossed Cuba without apparently causing serious damage.

In Haiti, witnesses said about 50 people died when a bus tried to cross a river swollen by rain. Eight others were killed in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and two died in Jamaica when their car was caught in a flooded crossing.

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At 5 p.m., Fay was located near Key West. The storm is packing winds of 60 mph, gusts to 70 mph. It is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 miles per hour.
Fay passed over Key West around 3 p.m. with sustained winds of almost 60 mph, said National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read. Its tropical force winds extended 115 miles from its center.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hurricane-fay,0,6225324.story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sk46VWAexU

Not much wind, just in gusts, some rain in the squal lines.
Video of scene four am:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2KrT9jm9KU

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/20/tropical.storm.fay/index.html
Tropical Storm Fay moved just off Florida's east coast early Wednesday after spawning at least seven reported tornadoes that ripped across sections of the state, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm is expected to hug Florida's Atlantic coastline and strengthen slightly before making a hard left turn back into northeastern Florida, according to the hurricane center.

"This storm is going to be with us for a while," said Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. "Looks like it could be a boomerang storm."

A hurricane watch has been issued for Florida's east coast, from north of Flagler Beach to Altamaha Sound in Georgia. A tropical storm watch covers north of Altamaha Sound to the Savannah River.

Fay weakened Wednesday morning, with the maximum sustained winds decreasing to 45 mph (70 kph), with higher gusts, forecasters said.

we have days to prepare you just have to react.

MELBOURNE - For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets. Residents were beginning to get tired of Fay, which has made landfall in the state three times this week.

Flooding was especially acute along the Atlantic coast from Port St. Lucie to Cape Canaveral, with water reaching depths of 5 feet in some neighborhoods.

``This is the worst I've absolutely ever seen it,'' said Mike White, 57, after he was rescued by the National Guard from floodwaters lapping at the doorstep of his mobile home.

The erratic and stubborn storm has dumped more than two feet of rain along parts of Florida's low-lying central Atlantic coast. It is just the fourth storm in history to make landfall as a tropical storm three times, the last in 1960. Before it eases across the Panhandle by the weekend, it could bring buckets more.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hurricane-fay,0,6225324.story

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — As Tropical Storm Fay finally got on track Friday to make its way out of Florida, flood-stricken homeowners got an encouraging sign: Muddy brown water lines began appearing on the sides of homes, a clue that floodwaters were receding.

The fickle storm that stuck around for five days and carved a dizzying path that included three separate landfalls dumped more than two feet of rain in some places. But to the relief of Floridians, it was finally expected to veer west over the Panhandle before leaving for good later this weekend.

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