![]() ![]() Hours before high tide, reports CBS News correspondent Cami McCormick (audio), many of the streets of Cedar Key were already flooded. Cedar Key City Commissioner Pat O'Neal said he was cautiously optimistic for the island village, but high tide there was also still a worry. It can't take much more."Ī wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Tampa before dawn, while a gust of about 50 mph was recorded to the north in Cedar Key, meteorologists said. "We're trying to keep everybody from making waves," said Ron McNally, who stood outside his waterfront home urging passing motorists to slow down on the flooded street. Some streets were flooded near Crystal River, where residents gathered in calf-deep water and dropped sandbags in preparation for the afternoon high tide. Statewide, about 21,000 homes and businesses were without power. Marks, Fla., where the calls started coming in before dawn. "Try to keep the roads open," said crew chief Gary Weeks in St. ![]() "Even with Alberto's heavy rain still falling on coastal Florida, crews hauled out the tractors and heavy equipment to get trees out of the road," reports WWL-AM's Dave Cohen (audio). ![]()
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