Despite threat, some choosing to ride out Irma at home

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) " As Hurricane Irma threatened catastrophic damage to Florida, patrons at the most infamous South Beach dive bar tossed back drinks, shot pool and played the jukebox loud.Clouds of cigarette smoke floated in the air at Mac's Club Deuce where Miami Beach resident Kathleen Paca, 56, was perched on a stool. She'd just finished spray painting "We're Open Irma" on the bar's plywood window protections. The word "Irma" covered "Wilma," the 2005 hurricane when the [...]


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