Letter to Editor / EVACUATED TO TAMPA & CAN’T GET BACK TO KW

By JEAN GREGORY

I am stuck is Tampa trying to get accurate & current information from my governmental officials about when my husband & I can return to KW.  We own two houses in KW  that were not damaged.  We have stored water, gasoline, generator and food.  We are Native Conchs and know how to survive the aftermath of storms.  We have been in Tampa for  7 days.  All our calls to the Monroe County ER hotline are met with no information and no definite date when we will be allowed to return.  Today  I learned from a relative in NC that he  was able to book a flt to KW next week on Delta.  He does not live in KW.  He is a tourist.  If KW is such a disaster area, what are tourists going to do there?  So I ck’d on line and sure enuf American, Delta & Silver have flts to KW starting on Tues 9/19.  Mean while all of the Key Westers who evacuated are being told nothing and denied access to their properties.  What do the airlines know that the stranded residents do not know?  Someone needs to stop this betrayal and misinformation now.

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