Visitors urged to leave Florida Keys ahead of Fay

JsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? Benjamin, right, and Alfredo, left, both workers asked to use their first names only, install hurricane shutters at a local supermarket in Marathon Key, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, in preparation for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane. KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and some tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate.Traffic leaving Key West and the Lower Keys on Sunday afternoon was light but steady as the sky darkened with storm clouds and the National Weather Service issued watches and warnings."We've seen worse than this in Omaha," said Diego Sainz, who was visiting from Nebraska with his wife and friends. They had intended to leave Sunday but couldn't get a flight out.Authorities said traffic was heavier in the Upper Keys, wh...


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