Florida Key's under water ?????
 

Someone told me the entier Fla. Key's was under water with the storm??? Can anyone confirm? Marathon under 6' of water???? It blew pretty good up here but no probs other than debri. Dave

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Here's Truman Avenue.

http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/p...wilma_fla5.jpg

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Yep, airport under 4', streets 1 to 2 feet.
It's going down, though.


See it live:
http://www.liveduvalstreet.tv/
This morning you could clearly see people knee deep, now it seems to have drained.

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CNN reports Marathon under 4' of water. For some reason they are concentrating on Naples and are mostly silent on KW.

Communications must be a problem in the keys cause their reporter is still using a video phone.

A few film snippets did show the reporter on Duval and some people playing in the water in the background.

From the Sloppy Joes website..===>Due to Hurricane Wilma Sloppy Joe's is closed. We will reopen on Tuesday once the storm has cleared. Make sure to join us Thursday for our Annual Toga Party!

Check out this live caaam on Duval after Wilma

http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/

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Looks like the suns out on Duval St. I hope it will be all set for next month.

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Fox news just said that officials expect Key West to flood again with the next two high tides.... :(

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Fort Lauderdale airport is closed too.

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And to top it off the FAA's just placed an indefinite TFR on the Key's--(that's a temporary flight restriction)--which means no one can fly to or from Key West. Fantasy Fest is already late. Woe is me--I operate a charter service to the Key's and Have a hundred people scheduled to go to Fantasy Fest. I guess I'm outta business for a while.

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make sure you lock the cockpit door with them 100 passengers :drink:

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I won't go near the airport with all those people waiting--boy are they gonna be pissed.

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The "cockpit" door is appropriately named.

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Do you all think the races will still happen next month?

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My boss lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Not sure which marina it is but he said that one of the marinas near Haulover had the racks blown over.

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might have been marina 1 in deerfield, they lost a whole building, Victor lost a boat in it...

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Now that I think about it, he may have said Hideaway... I really can't remember.

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Hey RLW; That would be the "box office"

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Wouldn't be the first trip to KW that was cancelled on me :mad:

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I heard the mayor of Key West on the news say it would take them 3 weeks to get back up and going good. And that looks to be the same week as the Worlds and my wedding. I don't have a back up plan for the wedding, does SBI and APBA have a back up plan for the races?

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If I remember right they have been evacuated just before for the races ?

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That is what Gordo said. Oh, I hope everything remains the same and the races go as planned. I hope all of the OSO family down there are safe too.

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http://www.keysnews.com/hurricaneedi...antasyFest.htm

http://www.keysnews.com/hurricaneedi...KWflooding.htm

Doesn't sound good. It sounds like the sunset dock where lots of us have watched the races from is gone.

Everyone think positive!!!!

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I'm sure by the time we all get down there it will be all cleaned up ready for you and your wedding :drink:

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Thank GOD No one was killed. esp. since no one evacuated

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wow, reading those articles is so sad, I did not realize it was that bad, the national news has not said much about KW. This is a double or triple whammy for them. The damage from the water, the lack of revenue from Fantasy Fest and who knows about race week. Last year several business owners told us that race week was bigger $$ for them than fantasy fest, that the boaters spent more money. I feel bad about the possibility of no vacation, but it pales in comparison to what those poor folks are going through.

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Hiton Pier was totally destroyed :(


http://www.keysnews.com/hurricaneedi...ront_photo.htm

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:eek:

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I just tried KLAATU again but it appears Nextel has not restored service yet..

Any one call Pat D in Marathon??

It will most likely take a few days to sort everything out...

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OMG.... I hate to show this but this is the beach that Outlawcowgirl is getting married on in a few weeks :eek:

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Sunny Isles and Marina are just sout of Ft Lauderdale.

"About 300 boats trashed m Cigarettes, power boats and others..."

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Marathon started flooding about 8:30am yesterday, yes about 4', gone by about 2:00pm same day, thats life in the Keys

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ttt

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This could be interesting for us. We are planning to be in Ft. Lauderdale and the keys around thanks giving. My relatives in Ft. lauderdale are without power, but there house survived.

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what beach? :eek:

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Smathers Beach is where Outlawcowgirl has plans to to married..

They(the county) had recently brought in pristine sand for the beach area. :(

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I feel her pain...our wedding is (was) scheduled for the Pier at the Wyndham Reach (near the southernmost point) 2 weeks from tomorrow. Not sure yet if it's still gonna happen, but it isn't looking good.

Then again, we didn't lose anything, so I'm not complaining - good luck to everyone down there trying to clean up.

-EG

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Sad, tthey just finished the whole beach beautification project. :(

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Were planning on going to Marathon over thanksgiving, hope everything is back to normal, glad no one was hurt.

Whats up Nicky???

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Nothin' much, Mike! How the heck are you?

Marathon for Turkey Day? Cool, when are you guys headin down? The worlds are supposed to be the weekend before. Let's hope!

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Looks like they're bouncing back already! http://www.hogsbreath.com/hogcam/rawbarcam.htm Looks nice and sunny down there now - 3 weeks to go till the worlds - I'm sure it'll be drier by then! :drink: :drink: :drink:

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We just got done building the new house so we need a little R&R we are going down on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, should be picking up the new boat next week. Its been a long time coming.