Central Floridians already hit twice by hurricanes in recent weeks are once again on edge over Hurricane Ivan's latest projected path that brings the Category 5 hurricane toward Florida, according to Local 6 News.

Local 6 News reported that some businesses and homes are leaving up their boarded windows from Hurricane Frances until Ivan is no longer a threat.

"I'm absolutely appalled," Central Florida business owner Becky Para said. "We'll just leave the boards up until this is over. My new attitude on Ivan is let it come, we will ride it out."

Local 6 meteorologist Tom Sorrells reported that the Tropical Prediction Center's latest projected path shows a storm path similar to Hurricane Charley. Charley hit Central Florida in August.

Hurricane Ivan could be spinning off Florida's west coast by Monday morning, Sorrells said.

If Ivan hits Central Florida on the current projected path, it would be the third hurricane to hit the region in four weeks, Local 6 News reported.

Reports from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft indicate maximum sustained winds with Ivan are near 140 mph, with higher gusts.

This makes Ivan an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Some fluctuations in strength are possible during the next 24 hours.

Florida Keys Evacuated

Emergency officials began the total evacuation of the Florida Keys on Thursday with the powerful Hurricane Ivan forecast to hit the exposed 120-mile island chain as early as Sunday.

All tourists, people in recreational vehicles and mobile home residents were urged to clear out Thursday. Monroe County's 79,000 residents were told to prepare to leave Friday on U.S. 1, a mostly two-lane road and bridge system linking the Miami area to Key West, the southernmost city in the continental United States.

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Hurricane forecasters predicted the Category 5 storm could weaken to a Category 4 over Cuba, hit the Keys late Sunday or early Monday and possibly run up the Florida mainland.

At 11 a.m. EDT, Ivan's eye was about 420 east-southeast of Jamaica and about 950 miles southeast of Marathon in the heart of the Keys with steady winds of 160 mph and gusts to 195 mph. The evacuation order for Keys visitors was the third in less than a month following brushes with Hurricanes Charley and Frances. Hotels up and down the Keys were clearing out and not taking any newcomers, turning instead to storm preparations.

The last time the Keys were totally evacuated was in 2001 for Hurricane Michelle, a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 135 mph that missed a direct hit. Officials estimated that only 15 percent of Keys residents left in a region notorious for people opting to ride out storms at home.

Given the damage elsewhere from Charley and Frances, "I don't think that people will think twice (about evacuating) when we tell them it's a Four heading right at us. I think they will be pretty responsive," said Monroe County emergency manager Irene Toner, who supervises the Florida Keys.

Some businesses have seen a steep drop in the number of tourists since Charley and Frances. Hog's Breath Saloon in downtown Key West has had its worst six weeks since 1988, general manager Charlie Bauer said.

"It's been a financial disaster since Charley, but it's hard to complain when the rest of the state is without air conditioning," he said.

Bauer normally rides out hurricanes in the Keys, but not this time: "I won't even hang around for a Category 3." Isaac James moved to the Keys a month ago because he was tired of his job as a service manager for a Fortune 500 company in Kansas City, Mo. The freshly trained dockmaster at Whale Harbor Marina in Islamorada, midway along the Keys, was arranging the removal of a dozen small boats from the docks Thursday.

The 26-year-old is living with his parents in "a great little community," he said. "We have a concrete house with I think about a 3-year-old roof on it, so I think the house could sustain a Three, possibly a Four. But a Five, I don't know what could sustain a Five down here."

His mother, a Texas native, was anxious about the forecast, but the family had not decided what to do before the evacuation order for residents came out.

"When the wind blows a little hard, she gets a little nervous. I love her for it but she definitely wants to fly out of here and get back to Texas now," he said. "We cross our fingers and hope for the best. We haven't actually made any solid plans yet. Never follow the herd and never panic. That doesn't do anything for you other than lead you in the wrong direction."

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