Hurricane Ike is now moving in on Cuba on a course that could skirt the Florida Keys by Tuesday on its way to the Gulf of Mexico.

In Key West, evacuation orders became mandatory today for both tourists and city's 25,000 residents. Traffic along the lone highway off the island has been steady but not jammed, with some people planning to tough it out unless the storm turns.

Ike is expected to make landfall late in the week somewhere between the Florida panhandle and the Texas coast.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is hoping that so-called "hurricane fatigue" won't prevent people from leaving their homes for what would be the second time in 10 days.

David Myers of New Orleans says it would take a Category 4 storm to get him to leave again so soon.

Ike is currently a Category 3 hurricane, with winds of 120 miles-per-hour. It's expected to weaken further over Cuba, but then power up again over the Gulf.