An bukaci baƙi da su bar Maɓallan Florida gaba da Fay

KEY WEST, Fla. - Jami'an Florida Keys sun rufe makarantu, sun bude matsuguni kuma sun bukaci baƙi da su bar yayin da Tropical Storm Fay ya yi barazanar yin ƙarfi cikin guguwa Lahadi, amma mazauna da masu yawon bude ido ba su yi gaggawar ficewa ba.

Hanyoyin zirga-zirga sun kasance haske suna barin Key West da Ƙananan Maɓalli a ranar Lahadi da yamma yayin da sararin sama ya yi duhu da gajimare kuma Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta ƙasa ta ba da agogo da faɗakarwa.

"Mun ga mafi muni fiye da wannan a Omaha," in ji Diego Sainz, wanda ya zo daga Nebraska tare da matarsa ​​da abokansa. Sun yi niyyar barin lahadi amma sun kasa samun jirgi.

Mahukunta sun ce zirga-zirgar ababen hawa na kara yin ta'azzara a Babban Makullin, inda babban titin mai nisan mil 110, akasarin titin mai hawa biyu da ke bi ta sarkar tsibirin ya hadu da babban yankin. Jami'an sintiri na babbar hanyar Florida sun aike da karin sojoji don taimakawa kuma an dakatar da kudaden da ake kashewa a sassan da ke kan hanyar zuwa arewa.

Fay na iya fara jifan sassan Maɓalli da Kudancin Florida a ƙarshen Litinin ko farkon Talata a matsayin guguwar yanayi mai ƙarfi ko ƙarancin guguwa. Baya ga lalacewar iska, yawancin tsibiran suna zaune a matakin teku kuma suna iya fuskantar ƙarancin ambaliya daga guguwar Fay.

Jami'ai a cikin Keys da sauran wurare sun yi shirin buɗe matsuguni tare da ƙarfafa ko ba da umarnin mutanen da ke zaune a cikin ƙananan wurare da cikin kwale-kwale da su ƙaura. Za a rufe makarantu a cikin Maɓalli a Litinin da Talata.

Jami’an Keys a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata sun ba da umarnin kwashe masu ziyara tare da neman wadanda ba su isa ba da su dage tafiye-tafiyen nasu. Jami'ai sun ce ba za a tilasta wa otal-otal da wuraren kasuwanci cire masu ziyara ba, amma ya kamata su yi amfani da hankali.

Fay, guguwa ta shida a kakar Atlantika ta shekarar 2008, ta dauki wani yanayi a yammacin Lahadin da ta gabata yayin da ta nufi kasar Cuba, kuma tana iya zama guguwa a lokacin da ta isa tsakiyar tsibirin, in ji masu hasashen. Tuni dai Fay ya kashe akalla mutane biyar bayan ya afkawa Haiti da Jamhuriyar Dominican ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya da ambaliyar ruwa a karshen mako.

A 5 na yamma EDT Lahadi, cibiyar Fay tana kimanin mil 270 kudu maso kudu maso gabas na Key West kuma tana tafiya yamma-arewa maso yamma kusa da 15 mph. Guguwar tana da madaidaicin iskoki kusa da 50 mph tare da wasu gusting.

Masu hasashen ranar Lahadi da yamma sun ɗan ƙara matsawa zuwa yamma, amma har yanzu ana iya shafar Maɓallan. Har yanzu ana hasashen Fay zai haura yammacin gabar tekun Florida, amma zai iya dadewa kan budadden ruwa, in ji Corey Walton, wani masanin binciken yanayi na guguwa. Wataƙila Fay ba zai ratsa yawancin tsibirin Florida kamar yadda aka yi tunani da farko ba, amma iskar ta za ta shafi jihar.

Wasu kasuwancin Key West sun fara rufe guguwa a ranar Lahadi, amma masu yawon bude ido da mazauna garin har yanzu suna yawo cikin kasala a cikin gari, inda yanayin ya canza daga rana zuwa ruwan sama na lokaci-lokaci tare da iskar iska. Zuwa yammacin Lahadi, har yanzu yana kama da ranar rani na yau da kullun a cikin Maɓallan.

Sainz da abokinsa Ron Norgard, shi ma na Omaha, suna zaune a wajen otal din La Concha da ke Key West akan kujeru masu girgiza, suna shan taba kuma suna jiran dawowar matansu daga siyayya.

Duka da alama babu damuwa.

"Eh, kawai muna da guguwa mai karfin mitoci 105 a gida," in ji Norgard.

Sainz ya yi dariya cewa zai caje Gwamnan Florida Charlie Crist kan karin kudin da matarsa ​​ke kashewa a cikin shaguna saboda sun kasa fita.

"Wani ya kamata ya biya," in ji shi.

Crist ya ayyana dokar ta baci a ranar Asabar yayin da aka bude cibiyar ayyukan gaggawa a Tallahassee. Ya bukaci Floridians "su natsu, su yi taka tsantsan" ya kuma ce akwai sojojin National Guard na Florida 9,000, amma 500 ne kawai ke bakin aiki ranar Lahadi.

Maria Perez, 'yar shekaru 50, na Key West, ta yi addu'a ranar Lahadi a wani wurin ibada na garin da aka fi sani da The Grotto, inda aka yi rubutu a kan dutse cewa, "Muddin Grotto ya tsaya, Key West ba za ta sake fuskantar mummunar guguwa ba." An gina shi a shekara ta 1922 da ’yan zuhudu a wajen wani cocin Roman Katolika, shekaru uku bayan wata mummunar guguwa. Ya zuwa yanzu, kiran mai shekaru 86 ya yi aiki.

"Ina addu'a don kada in yi hadari," in ji Perez. "Bana tsoro."

Wani agogon guguwa ya kasance yana aiki ga galibin Maɓalli da kuma gefen gabar yamma na Florida zuwa Tarpon Springs. Hakanan ana gudanar da agogon guguwa mai zafi a kudu maso gabashin gabar tekun Florida daga Tekun Reef a arewa zuwa Jupiter Inlet.

Masu hasashen sun ce yawan ruwan sama da ya kai inci 4 zuwa 6 tare da matsakaicin adadin inci 10 zai yiwu ga Maɓallan Florida da Kudancin Florida.

A yankin Tampa Bay, mazauna wurin sun sayi katako, ruwa, ƙarin batura, janareta, da kyandirori. Manajan Depot na Gida Tony Quillen ya ce an sayar da kantin nasa na Pinellas Park daga ruwa da karfe 9 na safe, sa'o'i biyu bayan budewa, amma yana tsammanin za a sake samar da kayayyaki da rana.

"Mutane suna wasa a cikin kawunansu, suna la'akari da abin da ya faru a karshe," in ji Quillen, yana magana game da guguwa ciki har da Charley a 2004, hadari na Category 4.

Guguwa ta ƙarshe ta yi tasiri sosai a Key West a cikin 2005, lokacin da Wilma na 3 ya wuce. Garin ya tsallake rijiya da baya da iska ta yi kamari, amma guguwar ta mamaye daruruwan gidaje da wasu wuraren kasuwanci. Guguwa mafi muni da ta afkawa tsibirin ita ce guguwa mai lamba 4 a shekara ta 1919 wadda ta kashe mutane kusan 900, da yawa daga cikinsu a gabar tekun cikin jiragen ruwa da suka nutse.

Guguwar Ranar Ma'aikata ta 5 ta shekara ta 1935 ta ratsa tsakiyar Maɓalli, inda ta kashe mutane fiye da 400, fiye da rabinsu tsoffin sojojin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya da ke zaune a sansanonin gyarawa.