Those damned newspaper boxes

ABC News has the story of Key West and Tropical Storm (but not Hurricane, fortunately) Fay:

Key West awoke to almost empty streets and light rain Monday ahead of approaching Tropical Storm Fay, while public works crews cleared sidewalks of newspaper stands that could become projectiles in high winds... Not many seemed very worried about the approaching storm, which wasn't expected to pack much of a punch compared to previous ones... At 5 a.m. EDT Monday, the storm's center was located over central Cuba and about 155 miles south-southeast of Key West and was moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph. Maximum sustained wind speeds were near 50 mph. Forecasters expected the storm to begin moving to the north soon... Key West was last seriously affected by a hurricane in 2005, when Category Three Wilma sped past. The town escaped widespread wind damage, but a storm surge flooded hundreds of homes and some businesses. The deadliest storm to hit the island was a Category Four hurricane in 1919 that killed up to 900 people, many of them offshore on ships that sank.

Rico says he's just as happy that Key West dodged another one; a full-blown hurricane could do some serious damage to the place...