Storm Fay to become hurricane threat to Cuba and U.S.

How soon before the enviro wackos blame global wamring and Pres Bush for this?

Storm Fay to become hurricane threat to Cuba and U.S.

By Manuel Jimenez

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane as it moved toward Cuba after dousing Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday with torrential rains and killing at least one person.

The sixth cyclone of what experts predict will be an unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season, Fay was expected to be near hurricane strength when it approaches Cuba on Sunday and at hurricane strength over the Florida Keys and off Florida's west coast after that, U.S forecasters said.

Areas of the Gulf of Mexico where around a quarter of U.S. oil and 15 percent of U.S. natural gas are produced did not appear to be at immediate risk. But long-range storm forecasts are prone to error, especially when it comes to intensities.

The more time that Fay spends over the warm waters that provide tropical storms with fuel the stronger it will get.

The government of Cuba issued a hurricane watch, signaling hurricane conditions could be expected within 36 hours, for the central provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spiritus, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Visitors Urged to Leave Florida Keys Ahead of Fay

Monday, August 18, 2008 3:27 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press Writer
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, where the 110-mile, mostly two-lane highway that runs through the island chain meets the mainland. The Florida Highway Patrol sent in extra troopers to assist and tolls were suspended on parts of the northbound turnpike.

Fay could start pelting parts of the Keys and South Florida late Monday or early Tuesday as a strong tropical storm or minimal hurricane. Aside from wind damage, most of the islands sit at sea level and could face some limited flooding from Fay's storm surge.

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