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Originally Posted by lagoonguy
i left the Keys Sunday, I had a 5pm flight... I was HOPING that it would be cancelled so I could participate in the hurricane parties that i saw the locals getting into while I was preparing to leave. They closed the airport the next morning for 2 days. Damn why didn't I schedule my flight out on Monday?? I woulda been down there partying. Nice pics! Glad the damage was minimal.
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Key West is a totally cool place to ride out a storm, or even the after effects. I still have a resident hurricane re-entry permit. I wasn't there for much of the storm but did end up staying in the Marriott right as you turn onto the island the day after one just missed. I had driven down from Miami late one night, lots of wind and rain. I was standing in the pool the next morning and a guy asked "So, they must be fixing your house huh?" I thought what the hell do you know about my house? I live in Oregon. We talked a bit and he said right now only locals were allowed on the island. He seemed quite amazed I wasn't stopped on my way down A-1-A, he said he had a spare hurricane sticker in his van and gave it to me for my rental car. He said all the locals would be down at Sloppy Joe's after the sunset at Mallory. I went down for the sunset and then walked over to Joe's. The streets were empty and the locals were enjoying it... a lot.
A day and half later the island filled with a bunch of motorcycles for "Bike Week" Bike week was nutz, something 200K people and 50K bikes. But I'm not sure that was more crazy then the one night with just the locals.