Keywords: US Navy 040909-N-4779D-002 Naval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer (CO), Capt. Jim Scholl listens as Lt. Bryan Blankenship briefs department heads and officers-in-charge for over 30 Key West tenant commands on the expecte.jpg en Naval Air Station Key West Fla Sept 9 2004 - Naval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer CO Capt Jim Scholl left listens as Lt Bryan Blankenship Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment NLMOD Key West officer-in-charge briefs department heads and officers-in-charge for over 30 Key West tenant commands on the expected arrival of Hurricane Ivan Lt Blankenship holds the meetings twice daily during the impending approach of any hurricane Based on NLMOD's recommendations Scholl ordered all recreational vehicles and trailers to evacuate Key West Ivan an extremely dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale has maximum sustained winds near 145 mph with higher gusts Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 50 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles The well-defined eye of hurricane Ivan was located about 165 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica Hurricane Ivan has killed at least 32 people in Grenada Tobago and Venezuela as it barrels toward Jamaica and possibly the Florida Keys U S Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Trice Denny RELEASED 2004-09-09 040909-N-4779D-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 17568 U S Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Trice Denny PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Key West Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |