400,000 lineman to try to keep the lights on. that s the ultimate goal, rapid restoration of power, this is a major hurricane. the keys and fort myers beach already seeing flooding. crystal river now in the crosshairs. this is somewhat new territory you guys, right? a major hurricane hasn t come through this area, we are told, ever. correct. we haven t seen anything like this in a very long time. idalia that s to wash away parts of the florida coast with a record setting storm surge. a hurricane s deadliest threat is a surge of water that can suddenly, three feet is life-threatening, at six feet waves cost significant damage, breaking through doors and windows. and nine feet, the floods move farther inland. at 12:15 foot storm surge would be catastrophic for low lying communities here in florida. that roof line, that s about 15 feet right there. and look where the water already is at high tide. inches from the backyard. now a double threat from mother
the wind is holding the water there. i m sorry to hear about the family that owns the marina, it may be gone. although, it is heartening to know that they themselves are okay. bill, every once in awhile we get this really pounding rain. what are you getting in terms of rain there? reporter: we re getting these bands now. we saw the 80, 90-mile-per-hour gusts for a few minutes a few hours ago. now it s probably in the 30-miles-per-hour range. still dangerous. we re taking shelter behind one of these grand trees that are here. but we ve seen plenty of this corrugated steel sheeting, tin roofs blowing around, peeling off here. but, again, just to sort of level what the locals were telling us, last night we went out on a short boat cruise in the calm before the storm with a local captain here who said he was worried that the surge would reach the roof line of the
when you think that somebody wanted him dead i couldn t comprehend wha was happening. i was just in pain that i ha lost my husband. three days after th shooting, cindy went before tv cameras at police headquarters hug your family kiss your children you don t know when you re gonna lose them. holding her son noah, his injured arm wrapped in bandages, she appealed for help to fin the killers. what little information tha you know, please just come forward. police had urged her to mak the appeal, hoping that al that emotion would hel generate some much neede leads. though there was one lead both amazing and ultimately frustrating. right there, just below th roof line of cindy and orlando s house was a security camera north miami police major trevor shinn