this turned into a wind maker. the surge was 2 feet. there may have been coastal areas or marsh areas that did pickup more. 65 miles per hour close to cedar key. the heavy rainfall has been ft. myers, cape coral. that s where the flooding is happening now, and there is more rain on the way. this is what the radar looks like right now. and most of the storm is still offshore, but part of the eye wall is now making landfall. i ve been watching some video from a hurricane chaser named eye cyclone. he is in cedar key. the wind is gusting 70. no question what i m seeing on his video. this storm still has wind and it has rain and it has the potential to knock down a lot of power lines, trees, power lines and such. if you look at the numbers on land, ocala with a gust of 76, that s not bad. the center gets close to gainesville, there will be more damage here. look at the rainfall around ft. myers and such. regional, all the way down the