Where are the Floridians going now?

Ben Jackson wrote:

Frances is projected to run straight up the peninsula. Where are the
planes going to hide this time?

Easy, go west and/or south. A guy I met at FLL on thursday went to
jamaica, on a caravan on floats (envy...). I'm in Naples right now, not
bad at all. Most of the bahamians went to cuba. Not an option for the
americans, but hey, that's their policy...

If things should turn bad here (KAPF) I could still go further
west/south.

Cheers,
Jens

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Just returned home to Miami after evacuating my airplane to Marathon
(Key West was full). There were 4 DC-3's, more than a dozen
Continental Express Beech 1900's and about 100 more fleeing GA
aircraft including some from the Bahamas. Folks at Paradise Jet
Service were great. Real nice place to stop. Marathon had plenty of
motel rooms as the big Labor Day Weekend was a washout.

Marathon was almost full Friday by noon. Winds did not allow more than
a couple of aircraft to get out until this morning (Monday).

I am learning that the National Hurricane Center maps predicting path
are VERY accurate (+/- 100 miles) out 3 days. No reason not to use
them as a guide on where to go. For Ivan I will try to end up at least
200 miles from the predicted landfall point.

Stuart Grant wrote:

Just returned home to Miami after evacuating my airplane to Marathon
(Key West was full)

Glad to hear everything was ok with you. I just got back from KAPF,
three of our planes were parked in KEYW. Let's hope for the best with
Ivan.

Cheers,
Jens

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On 6 Sep 2004 14:33:57 -0700, (Stuart Grant)
wrote:

Just returned home to Miami after evacuating my airplane to Marathon
(Key West was full). There were 4 DC-3's, more than a dozen
Continental Express Beech 1900's and about 100 more fleeing GA
aircraft including some from the Bahamas. Folks at Paradise Jet
Service were great. Real nice place to stop. Marathon had plenty of
motel rooms as the big Labor Day Weekend was a washout.

Marathon was almost full Friday by noon. Winds did not allow more than
a couple of aircraft to get out until this morning (Monday).

I am learning that the National Hurricane Center maps predicting path
are VERY accurate (+/- 100 miles) out 3 days. No reason not to use
them as a guide on where to go. For Ivan I will try to end up at least
200 miles from the predicted landfall point.

Some pilots will use any excuse to fly they can find. Usually it's
good weather rather than bad though.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com