http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/ Middle Keys, FL News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/4e629357a675c93f1f450c6f6e1c3cc4.html Jeff and Katie Davison of England had a wedding they will never forget: a beautiful ceremony at Spa Island a sunset cruise and dinner with a raging fire causing significant damage at their hotel http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/f6300f9203994603e36b5fc5716644c6.html Commercial air service has returned to Florida Keys Marathon Airport Cape Air a codeshare carrier for Continental Airlines began Friday offering three daily roundtrip flights between Marathon and Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/d402a2521f0d5ff8f56e52721fe9f629.html MARATHON Fla mdash; Commercial air service has returned to Florida Keys Marathon Airport http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/d36c40841e68dca55489abf933feb9f5.html Deputies say the inmates squeezed through a gap in a chain link fence atop a sevenfoot concrete block fence surrounding a jail yard in Marathon http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/c7000c6cb13290a124d07b94967765bf.html Most stormhardened residents of the Florida Keys stayed put Monday despite dayold instructions to evacuate as a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba and stayed on track to swipe the lowlying island chain Gulf Coast residents from Florida to Texas watched Ike's unpredictable path worrying it could hit anywhere in the US after a projected track into the central Gulf later this week A tropical storm warning was in effect for the Keys http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/d5bd90da6aaf889224a4297f4e20d6c4.html As Hurricane Ike maintains a course toward the Florida Keys officials in the island chain this afternoon ordered a mandatory evacuation of visitors beginning at 9 am Saturday A phased evacuation of all residents begins Sunday at 8 am Times and regions are as follows: Lower Keys and Key West: 8 am; Middle Keys including Marathon: Noon; Upper Keys including Key Largo Islamorada and mainland Monroe County: 4 pmThe forecasters at the National Hurricane Center and Key West weather office are cautioning that a portion of the Keys may be impacted by a major hurricane said Keys Emergency Management Director Irene Toner according to a news release Because of our unique geography and the possibility that other Florida counties may also be ordering evacuations it is important for residents and visitors to heed our advice http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/eea5b4386d4bf9cb6da0bfb0be6468b1.html By David FleshlerStaff writerThe latest advisory shows Hurricane Ike still aiming for the Florida Keys but forecasters caution the storm could easily turn north and strike Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach or Miami insteadThe 2 pm advisory from the National Hurricane Center was unchanged from the 11 am advisory It showed the storm passing over the middle Keys and heading into the Gulf of Mexico But Ike is not to arrive there until Tuesday and forecasters say predictions that far off are extremely unreliableCristina Carrasco hurricane support meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center said tracks five days out can err as much as 300 miles in either directionSouth Florida is in the forecast cone so everybody should monitor this she said The Bahamas issued a hurricane watch for the southeastern islands including the Acklins Crooked Island the Inaguas Mayaguana and the Ragged Islands according to the National Hurricane Center http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/florida/middle-keys/content/62c4be25e0a3ecaa451438a9d972e712.html Hurricane Ike39;s potential threat to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast has lessened this morning with its longrange forecast path steering more toward the Florida Keys and then up Florida39;s southwest coast