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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Missing Key West sign has been found - 300 miles away |
| 2017-10-15 |
| [MIAMIHERALD] Paradise has been found. The missing "Welcome to Key West" sign ‐ iconic signage that pronounced Key West as Paradise U.S.A.‐ was found 300 miles away early Thursday in Fort Myers Beach. (In nautical distance it’s about 110 miles). The sign, which greeted visitors at the island’s entrance off U.S. 1, disappeared after Hurricane Irma slammed into the the island chain. It was found at the Key West Express docking station in fort Myers early Thursday after an unidentified couple dropped it off, WINK News reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Mighta spun around the islands a couple of times. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-15 21:59 |
| #2 "...300 miles away early Thursday in Fort Myers Beach. (In nautical distance it’s about 110 miles)." Seriously?! Must be measuring by some sort of new-to-me Great Circle Route." 300 SM = 260.69 NM. Straight line distance between Ft. Myers Beach and Key West = 144.21 NM = 166 SM. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2017-10-15 12:41 |
| #1 It evidently obeyed the evacuation order. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-10-15 10:15 |