Key Wt Pri | Events for the Gay & Lbian Communy - ellgeeBE

Contents:

• GAY KEY WT EVENTS CALENDAR
• GAY KEY WT
• KEY WT'S ANNUAL GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, IS PROOF THE ISLAND'S BACK BS POST-HURRINE"WE’RE PRETTY TOUGH, WE’RE PRETTY RILIENT DOWN HERE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEAUGT 15, 2018/5:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2715PX;WIDTH:4072PX;}LARRY BLACKBURN PHOTOGRAPHYBY MIKE MIKSCHEAUGT 15, 2018 / 5:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KEY WT'S ANNUAL GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, IS PROOF THE ISLAND'S BACK BS POST-HURRINE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-15T21:55:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-15T21:55:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT’S NT GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, HAD MISSED HURRINE IRMA LAST YEAR BY LS THAN A MONTH. THE FIVE-DAY AFFAIR, WHICH CLUS EVENTS LIKE THE HOTTER THAN HELL FETISH PARTY, CLOTHG-OPTNAL POOL PARTI, A TEA DANCE, AND A TOGA PARTY, WAS CREATED TO DRAW TOURIST TO THE ISLAND DURG WHAT WAS A SLOW TIME OF YEAR: HURRINE SEASON. THIS WEEK, THE PARTY WILL GO ON AS PLANNED, EVEN THOUGH KEY WT STGGL TO JUMP BACK OM A DIFFERENT KD OF POST-STORM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN SKAHEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KEY WT BS GUILD (WHICH ANIZ TROPIL HEAT), CLAIMS THAT THE MEDIA FOCED MORE ON THE STCTN NEARBY AREAS, LIKE SUGARLOAF KEY AND THE BIG PE KEY, SCE MA FOR BETTER NEWS. “WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO WATCH IS STCTN AND HO BEG BLOWN AWAY AND HO STG NALS AND ROOFS TORN OFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND KEY WT WASN’T LIKE THAT,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT.HARL TRAOR JR./MIAMI HERALD/TNS VIA GETTYA LONE CYCLIST RIS ALONG SERTED DUVAL STREET KEY WT, FLA., ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2017. HURRINE IRMA IS APPROACHG THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SOME RINTS REFED TO BE EVACUATED. (CHARL TRAOR JR./MIAMI HERALD/TNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUVAL STREET AS HURRINE IRMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A RULT, FALSE PERCEPTNS ABOUT THE SEVERY OF DAMAGE KEY WT NTUED TO GROW, AND WHILE THERE WAS ACCURATE REPORTG ABOUT IRMA’S EFFECT THE AREA, THERE WERE PLENTY OF MISLEADG STORI WHICH NTUED TO FUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH “JOEY” SCHROER OWNS THE NEW ORLEANS HOE AND BOURBON STREET PUB, WHICH ARE PART OF THE SAME PLEX ON KEY WT’S FAMO DUVAL STREET. DPE EVACUATN WARNGS, SCHROER CID TO BOARD UP HIS HOME AND HOLD FORT THE GUTHOE PORTN OF THE PUB, SCE ’S ABOUT 13 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ON THE ISLAND’S HIGH GROUND. HE ALSO HOED 35 PEOPLE THE GUTHOE AT NO CHARGE—PRIMARILY HIS EMPLOYE, THEIR PARTNERS, THEIR PETS, AND PATRONS OF THE BAR WHO EHER DIDN’T MAKE OUT OF THE ISLAND ON TIME, OR STAYED BEE OF THE HIGH STS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE HURRINE WAS BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA,” SAYS SCHROER. “IT WAS SRY, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE EVACUATED AND THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.”OLIVIER KANUTY/AFP/GETTYBS ARE BOARD AND STREETS ARE EMPTY KEY WT, FLORIDA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2017, AS HURRINE IRMA IS FOREST TO H FLORIDA BY SEPTEMBER 10.TOURISTS AND RINT THE POPULAR KEY WT ISLANDS WERE PACKG THEIR BAGS ON A MANDATORY EVACUATN ORR AND WERE TO BEG LEAVG AT SUNRISE ON WEDNDAY. / AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER KANUTY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OLIVIER KANUTY/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SCRIB THE TWO DAYS THEY SPENT LOCKED THE PUB AS “FUN, BUT EXCG AND NERVO AT THE SAME TIME.” WHEN THE STORM HAD PASSED, HE LIKENED THE ISLAND TO A “ZOMBIE APOLYPSE” BEE OF HOW QUIET WAS. THE ROADS LEADG TO KEY WT WERE BLOCKED FOR A FEW WEEKS TO REGULAR TRAFFIC, BUT HE WAS OPEN FOR BS THREE WEEKS AFTER THE HURRINE H. IT’S JOEY'S BARS THAT WILL BE HOSTG TWO TROPIL HEAT EVENTS THIS WEEK: THE SPLASH! POOL PARTY AND THE BIG “O” EXHIBN PARTY, WHICH IS THE MA EVENT OF TROPIL HEAT PLETE WH DJS, PORN STARS, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TRE FELL, TRE TOOK DOWN POWER L, TRE PICKED UP WATER L. WE WENT AROUND AND REPAIRED SOME OF THE WATER L ,AND WE ALSO WE JT SAT, WAG FOR CELL SERVICE TO E BACK ON,” HE SAYS. BEE OF THE LACK OF MUNITN AND CLOSED ROADS, SCHROER CLAIMS THAT AT FIRST PEOPLE ASSUMED THEY WERE ALL AD. THOUGH KEY WT SUFFERED THREE FATALI DUE TO THE STORM, TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE SAFER AREAS TO BE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT LOOKED LIKE KEY WT GOT A HAIRCUT. IT WASN’T SO BAD,” SAYS SKAHEN. “I MEAN, THE TRE WERE STIPPED OF LEAV, SOME NON-NATIVE TRE WERE BLOWN DOWN, A ROOF YOU ULD SEE HAD A BLUE TARP ON HERE AND THERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SKAHEN PAR HURRIN KEY WT TO THE BLIZZARDS HE’D EXPERIENCED GROWG UP THE MIDWT. “WE’RE PRETTY TOUGH, WE’RE PRETTY RILIENT DOWN HERE,” HE SAYS. “WE MAY NOT GET BACK UP A DAY, BUT AS SOON AS THE POWER IS BACK ON, WE’RE UP AND NNG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SURELY WASN’T GOG TO STOP TROPIC HEAT, PECIALLY NOT 11 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.LARRY BLACKBURN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT FILED FOR $7.5 LN DOLLARS REIMBURSEMENT TO THE FERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), THOUGH ’S ONLY BEEN APPROVED FOR A 2.7 LN DOLLAR PUBLIC-ASSISTANCE GRANT. THE TIMATED DAMAGE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA WAS ROUGHLY $19.4 BILLN DOLLARS, WHICH SHOWS THE RELATIVELY MIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ISLAND PARISON. BUT THE PROBLEM REMAS THAT, EVEN TODAY, SCHROER AND SKAHEN CLAIM SOME PEOPLE ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF KEY WT, AN UNDOUBTABLE RULT OF BAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT BS GUILD HAS POSTED EQUENTLY ON FACEBOOK TO HELP RRECT THE FALSE PERCEPTNS THAT THE ISLAND IS ED. ADDNALLY, A LN DOLLAR AD MPAIGN WAS LNCHED BY THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO BAT ILLEGIMATE MEDIA VERAGE WH THE MSAGE THAT THEY’RE “GOOD, REALLY GOOD” AND “OPEN AND RILIENT.”LARRY BLACKBURN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFORTS HAVE PAID OFF. BASED ON ADVANCED SAL OF VIP PASS, SKAHEN SAYS THAT TROPIC HEAT IS LOOKG TO SEE THE SAME NUMBER OF ATTEN THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR PRR TO IRMA. SCHROER’S GUT HOE IS SOLD OUT DURG THAT TIME, AS WELL, FURTHER PROOF THAT KEY WT WEATHERED BOTH THE STORM AND MISLEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK WE’RE GOG TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TROPIL HEAT,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

GAY KEY WT EVENTS CALENDAR

Gay Sprg Break Celebratn, March-April. Come to Gay Key Wt for Sprg Break where you’ll f right and feel weled. The annual Headdrs Ball is Fantasy Ft’s premier gay and lbian event.

Pub has a ltle b of everythg for gay men visg Key Wt.

GAY KEY WT

You have to check out Key Wt’s one and only gay leather bar, Saloon One. While you’ll be sure to fd LGBTQ beach-goers at any beach Key Wt, try specifilly Smathers beach, a popular spot for gay sunbathers & Higgs Beach.

Tropil Heat is brgg a new wave of gay parti and events to Key Wt, Florida, this Augt. While the island has tons of LGBTQ events, Tropil Heat is the most popular men’s-only event for gay visors and lols alike. As the first Amerin cy to openly rec gay tourists, Key Wt still provis many gay activi Key Wt!

KEY WT'S ANNUAL GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, IS PROOF THE ISLAND'S BACK BS POST-HURRINE"WE’RE PRETTY TOUGH, WE’RE PRETTY RILIENT DOWN HERE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MIKE MIKSCHEAUGT 15, 2018/5:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2715PX;WIDTH:4072PX;}LARRY BLACKBURN PHOTOGRAPHYBY MIKE MIKSCHEAUGT 15, 2018 / 5:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KEY WT'S ANNUAL GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, IS PROOF THE ISLAND'S BACK BS POST-HURRINE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-15T21:55:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-15T21:55:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MIKE MIKSCHE","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT’S NT GAY FTIVAL, TROPIL HEAT, HAD MISSED HURRINE IRMA LAST YEAR BY LS THAN A MONTH. THE FIVE-DAY AFFAIR, WHICH CLUS EVENTS LIKE THE HOTTER THAN HELL FETISH PARTY, CLOTHG-OPTNAL POOL PARTI, A TEA DANCE, AND A TOGA PARTY, WAS CREATED TO DRAW TOURIST TO THE ISLAND DURG WHAT WAS A SLOW TIME OF YEAR: HURRINE SEASON. THIS WEEK, THE PARTY WILL GO ON AS PLANNED, EVEN THOUGH KEY WT STGGL TO JUMP BACK OM A DIFFERENT KD OF POST-STORM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN SKAHEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KEY WT BS GUILD (WHICH ANIZ TROPIL HEAT), CLAIMS THAT THE MEDIA FOCED MORE ON THE STCTN NEARBY AREAS, LIKE SUGARLOAF KEY AND THE BIG PE KEY, SCE MA FOR BETTER NEWS. “WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO WATCH IS STCTN AND HO BEG BLOWN AWAY AND HO STG NALS AND ROOFS TORN OFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND KEY WT WASN’T LIKE THAT,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT.HARL TRAOR JR./MIAMI HERALD/TNS VIA GETTYA LONE CYCLIST RIS ALONG SERTED DUVAL STREET KEY WT, FLA., ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2017. HURRINE IRMA IS APPROACHG THE FLORIDA KEYS AND SOME RINTS REFED TO BE EVACUATED. (CHARL TRAOR JR./MIAMI HERALD/TNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUVAL STREET AS HURRINE IRMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A RULT, FALSE PERCEPTNS ABOUT THE SEVERY OF DAMAGE KEY WT NTUED TO GROW, AND WHILE THERE WAS ACCURATE REPORTG ABOUT IRMA’S EFFECT THE AREA, THERE WERE PLENTY OF MISLEADG STORI WHICH NTUED TO FUEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH “JOEY” SCHROER OWNS THE NEW ORLEANS HOE AND BOURBON STREET PUB, WHICH ARE PART OF THE SAME PLEX ON KEY WT’S FAMO DUVAL STREET. DPE EVACUATN WARNGS, SCHROER CID TO BOARD UP HIS HOME AND HOLD FORT THE GUTHOE PORTN OF THE PUB, SCE ’S ABOUT 13 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ON THE ISLAND’S HIGH GROUND. HE ALSO HOED 35 PEOPLE THE GUTHOE AT NO CHARGE—PRIMARILY HIS EMPLOYE, THEIR PARTNERS, THEIR PETS, AND PATRONS OF THE BAR WHO EHER DIDN’T MAKE OUT OF THE ISLAND ON TIME, OR STAYED BEE OF THE HIGH STS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE HURRINE WAS BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA,” SAYS SCHROER. “IT WAS SRY, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE EVACUATED AND THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.”OLIVIER KANUTY/AFP/GETTYBS ARE BOARD AND STREETS ARE EMPTY KEY WT, FLORIDA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2017, AS HURRINE IRMA IS FOREST TO H FLORIDA BY SEPTEMBER 10.TOURISTS AND RINT THE POPULAR KEY WT ISLANDS WERE PACKG THEIR BAGS ON A MANDATORY EVACUATN ORR AND WERE TO BEG LEAVG AT SUNRISE ON WEDNDAY. / AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER KANUTY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OLIVIER KANUTY/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SCRIB THE TWO DAYS THEY SPENT LOCKED THE PUB AS “FUN, BUT EXCG AND NERVO AT THE SAME TIME.” WHEN THE STORM HAD PASSED, HE LIKENED THE ISLAND TO A “ZOMBIE APOLYPSE” BEE OF HOW QUIET WAS. THE ROADS LEADG TO KEY WT WERE BLOCKED FOR A FEW WEEKS TO REGULAR TRAFFIC, BUT HE WAS OPEN FOR BS THREE WEEKS AFTER THE HURRINE H. IT’S JOEY'S BARS THAT WILL BE HOSTG TWO TROPIL HEAT EVENTS THIS WEEK: THE SPLASH! POOL PARTY AND THE BIG “O” EXHIBN PARTY, WHICH IS THE MA EVENT OF TROPIL HEAT PLETE WH DJS, PORN STARS, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TRE FELL, TRE TOOK DOWN POWER L, TRE PICKED UP WATER L. WE WENT AROUND AND REPAIRED SOME OF THE WATER L ,AND WE ALSO WE JT SAT, WAG FOR CELL SERVICE TO E BACK ON,” HE SAYS. BEE OF THE LACK OF MUNITN AND CLOSED ROADS, SCHROER CLAIMS THAT AT FIRST PEOPLE ASSUMED THEY WERE ALL AD. THOUGH KEY WT SUFFERED THREE FATALI DUE TO THE STORM, TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE SAFER AREAS TO BE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT LOOKED LIKE KEY WT GOT A HAIRCUT. IT WASN’T SO BAD,” SAYS SKAHEN. “I MEAN, THE TRE WERE STIPPED OF LEAV, SOME NON-NATIVE TRE WERE BLOWN DOWN, A ROOF YOU ULD SEE HAD A BLUE TARP ON HERE AND THERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SKAHEN PAR HURRIN KEY WT TO THE BLIZZARDS HE’D EXPERIENCED GROWG UP THE MIDWT. “WE’RE PRETTY TOUGH, WE’RE PRETTY RILIENT DOWN HERE,” HE SAYS. “WE MAY NOT GET BACK UP A DAY, BUT AS SOON AS THE POWER IS BACK ON, WE’RE UP AND NNG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SURELY WASN’T GOG TO STOP TROPIC HEAT, PECIALLY NOT 11 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.LARRY BLACKBURN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT FILED FOR $7.5 LN DOLLARS REIMBURSEMENT TO THE FERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), THOUGH ’S ONLY BEEN APPROVED FOR A 2.7 LN DOLLAR PUBLIC-ASSISTANCE GRANT. THE TIMATED DAMAGE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA WAS ROUGHLY $19.4 BILLN DOLLARS, WHICH SHOWS THE RELATIVELY MIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ISLAND PARISON. BUT THE PROBLEM REMAS THAT, EVEN TODAY, SCHROER AND SKAHEN CLAIM SOME PEOPLE ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF KEY WT, AN UNDOUBTABLE RULT OF BAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY WT BS GUILD HAS POSTED EQUENTLY ON FACEBOOK TO HELP RRECT THE FALSE PERCEPTNS THAT THE ISLAND IS ED. ADDNALLY, A LN DOLLAR AD MPAIGN WAS LNCHED BY THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO BAT ILLEGIMATE MEDIA VERAGE WH THE MSAGE THAT THEY’RE “GOOD, REALLY GOOD” AND “OPEN AND RILIENT.”LARRY BLACKBURN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EFFORTS HAVE PAID OFF. BASED ON ADVANCED SAL OF VIP PASS, SKAHEN SAYS THAT TROPIC HEAT IS LOOKG TO SEE THE SAME NUMBER OF ATTEN THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR PRR TO IRMA. SCHROER’S GUT HOE IS SOLD OUT DURG THAT TIME, AS WELL, FURTHER PROOF THAT KEY WT WEATHERED BOTH THE STORM AND MISLEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK WE’RE GOG TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TROPIL HEAT,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Along wh our historil mms, theatr and water sports, Key Wt also offers a whole host of activi that are specifilly gay iendly.

Gay Key Wt Visors Gui. The Gay Key Wt Visors Center is a fantastic rource! They offer a map and directory of gay iendly Key Wt bs, disunt upons and general rmatn.

The Gay Key Wt Visors Center was found by the Key Wt Bs Guild, a nonprof anizatn voted to promotg Key Wt to LGBTA travelers.

On their webse, you n fd plac to stay, vis and learn about the “Heart of Duval” of Gay Key Wt.