Two important change of pace topics today. The Key West Airport and the Greek Isles Santorini and Amorgos.
Always the same cries by Key West departing and arriving passengers…..Never enough space for them. I have heard the same cry the 30 years I have resided in Key West. No matter the number of reconstructions done during those years. Big dollars , small spaces.
Someone raised the issue in this morning’s Citizens’ Voice: “Folks who love Key West, we are in trouble! I just compared the actual EYW passenger count for 2023 (1,309,000) to the EYW airport Master Plan projection for 2023 (460,000) under which the airport expansion was modeled. Wow. The goose that laid the golden egg is on the way to slaughter.”
Key West always screws up space needs when remodeling the airport. Must be ineptness of the salaried Key West employees or outside experts hired.
As I have advised on many occasions, I have spent much time in Greece. Always a week or two on Santorini and a month or two on Amorgos. Never an earthquake during my many visits. All of a sudden, many the past few days.
Last night, Santorini sustained a 5.3 quake. There were 4 during the day also. All in the 4.0 area. Little damage and no injuries.
Santorini remains on alert for more quakes in the immediate future.
My favorite Greek island Amorgos is nearby. It has suffered many minor earthquakes recently.
Strange as it may sound, the Santorini-Amorgos zone has experienced 12,800 quakes in the period between January 26 and February 8. All minor.
The warning is out, however. Experts expect more quakes between now and the end of the month. They also fear a major one could occur during that time frame.
Cruise ships are avoiding Santorini. Putting into Crete instead.
Santorini’s volcano not the cause of the quakes. The quakes the result of the shifting ocean floor.
Again I find it amazing that in all the time I have spent on both islands, never one quake experienced by me. Even a minor one. The quakes I now discover go back thousands of years and occur in large clusters as described herein.
Today’s blog refreshing. A non-Trump one. Hope you enjoyed it.
I got beat up yesterday morning at neurophysiotherapy. Theresa had to line my legs up. My discs had moved. Everything she did was painful. As she said however, I caused it all to myself. I did wrong things involving my back for three days. Trust me, no more!
I will be at The Grand tonight with Steve and Cindy. My legs will hang straight down while I sit on the bar stool. There are only bar stools in the bar. All the fun is in the bar.
Enjoy your day!