The Florida Keys

This low laying part of Florida is bracing for yet another tropical system after Hurricane Katrina dumped rain on it last month. Right now there is a tropical depression over the Bahamas that forecasters predict will hit somewhere north of Key West. Possibly as a Hurricane. After doing this the storm will go into the Gulf of Mexico. Please not another Katrina.

A hurricane watch has been posted for the entire Florida Keys. Please pray for this region of Florida and its residents plus the Gulf region.

Sunday Picnic- Basil's blog

MIAMI - Tourists were told to evacuate the lower Florida Keys on Sunday as a new tropical depression strengthened over the Bahamas and moved toward the vulnerable, low-lying island chain.


A hurricane watch was posted for the entire Florida Keys.

"It does look like that there is the potential for it to become a hurricane, near or just before it reaches the Florida Keys," said Daniel Brown, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center.

The watch means that hurricane conditions with sustained wind of at least 74 mph are possible by late Monday, according to the Miami-based hurricane center.

Long-term forecasts show the system heading generally toward the west in the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas or Mexico later in the week, but such forecasts are subject to large errors. That means that areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina could potentially be in the storm's path.

"Once it reaches the Gulf, really everybody should pay attention at that point," Brown said.