A tropical storm watch has been issued for the Lower Keys, from the Seven Mile Bridge to the Dry Tortugas, which means storm conditions are possible within 36 hours. It sounds dire for Key West but this means nothing more than a wet and windy Labor Day weekend. That sucks for me as I happen to be off this weekend, and it sucks for tourism as we could use lots of free spending visitors to fill this low season lull. Hurricane Gustav actually poses a terrible threat to the Gulf of Mexico, closing down oil rigs which should lead to an increase in gas prices so that won't do our holiday weekend much good either. New Orleans could be a whole other world of hurt. Tropical Storm Hanna in the Atlantic is being weird and feeble which is good for Florida still recovering from major flooding. However there is another potential wave heading our way from the coast of Africa. I don't see anything too serious for us for the next week or so.
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