Don t do anything that is going to put yourself in jeopardy. and there will be a lot of help coming on the back end of this storm. and we have now just learned that the storm has now been downgraded to a category 1 storm. and nbc s maggie vespa is in the middle of it. she joins us from tallahassee, florida, the state capital. maggie, what are you seeing where you are right now? reporter: we re kind of a metaphor for that downgrade. things have lessened in intensity here in tallahassee, which is good news for people here. not before these wind gusts topped nearly 50 miles per hour, knocking out power across the region. thousands of people in tallahassee lost electricity throughout the morning. power crews miraculously already back up out here across the area. restoring power. we got sandbags in front of business doors here, people did their best to prep. with roughly 24 hours notice here in tallahassee they were suddenly in the midst or in the path of this storm.
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