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TRACKING ISAAC TEAM SET UP-TRX-OMNITOPS-QBOX

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC BARRELING ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH FLORIDA RIGHT IN IT'S PATH.

WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT --

ISAAC OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO ROBERT-OC

WE START WITH SENIOR CHIEF METEORLOGIST ROBERT VAN WINKLE IN THE HURRICANE TRACKING CENTER AND THE FIVE O'CLOCK ADVISORY.

TRACKING ISAAC-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

After a mostly sunny start to the day, clouds will be mixing in with our sunshine as we go throughout the afternoon. Isolated hit or miss downpours will be possible during the peak heating of the day as temperatures climb into the lower to middle 90s with heat index values near 100°.

For tonight, once the rain fades, skies will go partly cloudy with muggy conditions as lows settle into the middle 70s by morning.

A typical summertime pattern will remain in place as we close out the work week with isolated showers and storms during the afternoon.

CAPE CORAL STORM PREPS-OC-VO-BOXES

MOST EVERYONE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON ISAAC'S PATH --

PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN MANY COMMUNITIES ALREADY.

IN CAPE CORAL, CREWS SPENT THE MORNING SECURING SEVERAL CITY BUILDINGS INCLUDING CITY HALL.

CAPE CORAL STORM PREPS-REM-LIVE

CAPE CORAL STORM PREPS-PKG-BNR

-workers moving ladders, etc

Its been a long morning for joe perlak.

-putting up storm panels

The cape coral public works employee is tired and covered in sweat - you can see why. Perlak and his buddies spent three hours -installing giant, brown, storm shields around the first floor of council chambers.

-joe perlak/public works employee-"they tie to the top the same way you would tie hurricane shutters to the side of the house with a wing nut and bottom ties with straps with anchor I-bolt brackets."

The second story was a bit trickier.

-ladder truck noise

The cape coral fire department had to use a ladder truck to hoist two fire fighters onto the ledge, in order to secure the storm shields to the windows.

-mayor john sullivan-"if this thing starts coming in ill get a call and I'll wind up at the EOC with the fire chief and the police chief."

City leaders - including cape coral's mayor - will be constant contact with one another over the weekend.

-sullivan-"we don't use carrier pegions anymore. In a storm that wouldn't do to good anyway."

Using humor and cell phones to weather the storm.

Elsewhere - around town - storm preps are clearly underway. Wood panels cover the windows and doors at the old public safety building.

-perlak-"its more for debris to stop debris from coming because of glass and branches, anything like that."

And the fire chief held a storm briefing this morning.

CAPE CORAL STORM PREPS-REM-LIVE

LEE COUNTY EOC PREPS-2SH

IF A STORM IS HEADED THIS WAY, YOU MAY NEED TO EVACUATE.

SO IF YOU LIVE IN LEE COUNTY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO?

LEE COUNTY EOC PREPS-TRX-PKG

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR HURRICANE KITS READY, YOU NOW NEED TO BE PREPARED IN CASE YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE.

THIS MAP SHOWS WHO WOULD NEED TO EVACUATE FIRST.

EVERYTHING IN RED HERE, EVERYTHING SOUTH OF CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE AND WEST OF 41 WOULD BE EVACUATED FIRST. ANY NAMED STORM EVEN A TROPICAL STORM COULD CAUSE THIS TO BE EVACUATED, SO KNOW YOUR ROUTES. TAKE MCGREGOR, TAKE 41 AND GET OUT OF THERE. WHILE EXPERTS SAY YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR ROUTES, THEY SAY RIGHT NOW DON'T PANIC.

Gerald Campbell, Lee Co. Emergency Management

"It's too early to tell exactly what the outcome will be but we need to be aware and we need to watch that storm, pay attention to it until it's well away from us, also the tropics are heating up in general, we have storms right behind isaac so we have to keep an eye toward the tropics for at least a couple of weeks."

COLLIER STORM PREPS-REM-LIVE

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Take tracked VOSot --

The trailers are loaded and the generators are ready.

All headed to shelters throughout the county to serve as back up in case the power goes out.

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We have a shelter supply inventory in portable trailers and we deploy those. They had been deployed several weeks ago at strategic locations around the county where they could quickly goto the closest shelter and be ready to literally back those trailers up to the door.

COLLIER STORM PREPS-REM-LIVE

The EOC director tells us they're still finalizing the exact number and where the shelters will be. He's meeting with the school district this week to figure out which schools will be set up as shelters.again, it's only the beginning stages but emergency officials say they want to be prepared either way.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY PREPS-VO

CHARLOTTE COUNTY LEADERS ARE PLANNING FOR ISAAC AS WELL.

THE EMERGENCY MANAGER WILL REQUEST A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION TOMORROW.

THIS ALLOWS MANGERS TO MAKE DECISIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY WITHOUT COMMISSIONER APPROVAL.

FMB REENTRY PASS-VOTOPS-SS

PEOPLE LIVING ON BARRIER ISLANDS HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO GET A PASS TO RETURN HOME FOLLOWING THE STORM.

YOU CAN PICK UP A PASS AT YOUR RESPECTIVE TOWN HALL UNTIL FOUR-30 TOMORROW.

THE HURRICANE RE-ENTRY PASS ALLOWS BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS BACK ON THE ISLAND AFTER THE STORM.

TO GET A PASS YOU NEED A PHOTO I-D AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING --

A PROPERTY TAX BILL -

MEDSTAR HELP IN NORTH PORT-VO

TWO MEDICAL SERVICE HELICOPTERS ARE RELOCATING TO ASSIST LEE COUNTY AFTER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS SHUT DOWN THE MEDSTAR PROGRAM.

BAYFLITE - WHICH IS BASED OUT OF TAMPA - ALREADY DISPATCHED ONE OF ITS 3 HELICOPTERS TO NORTH PORT.

IT WILL BE RESPOND TO TRAUMA CALLS IN LEE COUNTY AND THE BARRIER ISLANDS.

AERO-MED IS ALSO FINALIZING TALKS WITH THE COUNTY TO RELOCATE A MEDICAL CHOPPER TO FORT MYERS -

WHILE E-M-S APPLIES FOR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION.

MARCO ISLAND CELEBRATION POSTPONED-SSTOPS

AND DUE TO THE THREAT OF ISAAC --

THE CITY OF MARCO ISLAND HAS POSTPONED ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY.

BUS STOPS TEMPORARY ADJUST-TRX-OC

THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS *TEMPORARILY* ADJUSTING BUS STOPS FOR CERTAIN GATED AND PRIVATE COMMUNITIES BACK INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

DOZENS OF UPSET PARENTS CROWDED THE BOARD MEETING TUESDAY SAYING THEIR NEW STOPS ON BUSY ROADS ARE UNSAFE.

CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT AUGUST 30TH.

AMY PATTERSON BODY IDENTIFIED-SS-BOXES

WE NOW KNOW A BODY PULLED FROM A WOODED AREA OF LEE COUNTY IS A MISSING TEACHER FROM CAPE CORAL.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAD TO USE DENTAL RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AMY PATTERSON.

INVESTIGATORS SAY HER EX-HUSBAND POINTED THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS FOR A DIFFERENT CRIME.

N-B-C TWO'S MEAGHAN SMITH IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST.

AMY PATTERSON BODY IDENTIFIED-NSRM

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AMY PATTERSON'S FAMILY HAS THE CLOSURE THEY'VE BEEN SEEKING.

for me it's the anger- he robbed me of the opportunity to kiss her goodbye. There's nothing left of her. Only bones.

THE BODY- FOUND IN THESE PINE ISLAND WOODS OFF OF STRINGFELLOW ROAD- HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE MISSING MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER. AMY'S FAMILY SAYS DANIEL PROCTOR- HER EX-HUSBAND TURNED BOYFRIEND, CONFESSED TO KILLING HER AND THEN DUMPING HER BODY ABOUT A MILE FROM THEIR HOME. DETECTIVES WON'T CONFIRM THE CONFESSION BUT SAY PROCTOR DID LEAD THEM TO A BODY RIGHT AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR STEALING A CAR AND GUN WHILE ON THE RUN FROM COPS AFTER AMY'S DISAPPEARANCE. NOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON CHARGING PROCTOR.

AMY PATTERSON BODY IDENTIFIED-NSRM

CAPE CORAL MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH-SS-BOXES

A MAN WANTED FOR MURDER COULD BE HIDING IN CAPE CORAL.

FELIPE TORREALBA IS WANTED FOR A MURDER ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST.

HE IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HOT ON HIS TRAIL FOR THE LAST WEEK --

THE LATEST SEARCH IS NEAR SOUTHWEST 16TH PLACE AND BEACH PARKWAY.

CAPE CORAL MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH-REM-LIVE

The tip which lead cape coral police officers out to this area -- searching for a wanted killer -- turned to be a misidentification.

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Take nats

By foot and by air -- cape coral police officers hunt down a wanted killer.

Sgt Dana Coston, CCPD

0206 "I think it would be wise to assume he's around and would be very dangerous because he doesn't want to be apprehended."

26-year old Felipe Torrealba fled from Broward county to southwest Florida.

Last weeks, law enforcementtry ought he was hiding out in a Leigh acres home.

Last night, they spotted him on foot in northwest cape coral.

Elaine Hollis, lives in cape coral.

433 "first I saw the red lights, then I heard the helicopter going round and round and round."

Inside these northwest cape coral stables, the fugitive taskforce searced h in the wee hours of the morning -- hoping to find Torrealba.

The accused killer's run isn't sitting lightly with those living here.

Hollis, 45 "anybody that has a conceal weapons license gets their weapon out and gets ahold of it to make sure they're safe."

As police officers continue their manhunt, they tell us they will do whatever they can to find a man they consider armed and dangerous.

Coston,

CAPE CORAL MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH-REM-LIVE

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I'll talk about what to do if you see him.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES TODAY --

PREPARING FOR OUR FIRST MAJOR STORM OF THE SEASON.

STORE SHELVES ARE ALREADY BARE IN SOME PLACES --

WE WILL RUN DOWN WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR KIT --

AND AS PEOPLE STOCK UP AT THE STORES --

TZ1 A) EMPTY STORE SHELVES-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) SECURING BOATS AHEAD OF A STORM-VOTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

MARKET CLOSE-CGTOPS

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

ISOLATED STORMS EACH DAY

Tropical Storm Isaac is looming large on everyone's mind today as it continues to have its eye's set on our area.

Isaac continues to pack winds of 40 mph and continues on a west-northwest track at 15 mph. The storm should pass to the south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Thursday.

Isaac weakened slightly overnight as the center of the storm reformed to the south. However, re-strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.

As conditions become a bit more favorable, development into a Category 1 hurricane is possible by early Friday morning, as it bears down on Hispaniola.

As it has more interaction with land and even some mountainous terrain over Cuba, Isaac should start to weaken - possibly back into a Tropical Storm - before it regenerates back into a Category 1 hurricane while moving through the Florida Straits.

There's still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to Isaac's path. The bottom line is Tropical Storm Isaac will be a storm to watch closely for anyone in South Florida, and IF this storm were to affect our weather, it would most likely be early next week around Monday or Tuesday.

Until then expect isolated storms each afternoon. They'll be widely spaced and many of us will get missed.

Highs will be in the low 90s.

EMPTY STORE SHELVES-VOTOPS-2SH

PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STOCKING UP ON THEIR HURRICANE KITS.

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WE FOUND SEVERAL STORES ALREADY RUNNING LOW ON WATER.

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STORE SHELVES ALREADY BARE--

SHOPPERS SWOOPING UP SUPPLIES IN ANTICIPATION OF A STORM.

"they were running out of water really quickly I got one of the last of the dasani and the shelves were almost empty there were a few flashlights left."

LONG-TIME NAPLES RESIDENT JILL SMITH USED HER LUNCH BREAK TO STOCK UP AT TARGET ON PINE RIDGE ROAD.

SHE WANTS TO BE PREPARED BEFORE SUPPLIES RUN OUT.

"you're better to be prepared than not be prepared because you can't run out at that last minute you won't get anything."

here's the water

ANN WEISS STOPPED AT PUBLIX TO GET WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS.

"We got the water, my husband likes pb & j so he got those little frozen sandwiches because if the refrigerator or freezer goes at least we can keep them."

AT THE HOME DEPOT ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD--

STORM SUPPLIES ARE GETTING WIPED OUT--

BATTERIES ARE RUNNING LOW AND GENERATORS ARE ALREADY GONE.

"we've sold out of generators already this morning and batteries, flashlights, many of the floating flashlights we had earlier they're already gone."

STOCK WILL CONTINUE COMING IN ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS STORES STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND--

BUT NO GUARANTEES ON WHEN THEY'LL GET HERE.

WHILE THE STORM IS DAYS AWAY--

THESE SHOPPERS SAY IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO PREPARE.

"if I stock up it won't happen. Haha"

EMPTY STORE SHELVES-OCTAG

SOME SUPERMARKETS AND GAS STATIONS WILL STAY OPEN IF THE STORM HITS--

MANY ARE EQUIPPED WITH GENERATORS IN CASE OF A POWER OUTAGE.

PRESEASON NFL ON NBC-SS

GET READY FOR FOOTBALL RIGHT HERE ON NBC TWO TOMORROW NIGHT.

YOU CAN CATCH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TOMORROW AT SEVEN-30 AS THEY HOST THE ATLANTA FALCONS.

WEEK THREE IS USUALLY THE WEEK TEAMS PLAY THEIR STARTERS PAST HALF-TIME --

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

WHILE MANY PEOPLE ARE STOCKING THEIR CUPBOARDS --

SOME ARE SETTING ANCHOR TO PROTECT THEIR BOATS--

"now is the time to plan ahead for these weather events, not when the winds are at hurricane force"

FROM SECURING LINES --

TO WATCHING OUT FOR STORM SURGE --

HOW A LITTLE PREPARATION NOW --

CAN SAVE YOUR WALLET LATER.

AND LEE COUNTY IS BRINGING IN TWO HELICOPTERS TO COVER FOR ITS SUSPENDED MEDSTAR PROGRAM--

BUT NBC-2 LEARNS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE PULLING THE COUNTY'S ONLY CRITICAL CARE AMBULANCE OFF THE STREETS.

TZ2 A) SECURING BOATS AHEAD OF A STORM-SOTVO

TZ2 B) MEDSTAR FOLO-BNR-VOTOPS

SECURING BOATS AHEAD OF A STORM-2SHOT

WITH ISAAC EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, BOATERS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES AND MOVING VESSELS TO SAFETY.

SECURING BOATS AHEAD OF A STORM-PKG

IT'S CALM, SUNNY, AND QUIET AT THE FORT MYERS YACHT BASIN TODAY.

BUT WITH STORM CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON, THERE'S MORE GOING ON HERE THAN APPEARS.

"I'll be watching it with a hawk eye, yes"

FIRST MATE KEVIN WARREN WILL RIDE IT OUT ON THE SHADOW FOX.

THE 75-FOOT YACHT MOORED HERE YESTERDAY - KEVIN SAYS IT'S SAFER HERE THAN ITS HOME DOCK ON SANIBEL ISLAND.

"Because now we're out of the winds and the direct hit from the Gulf, so just up the river in a nice little hidey hole like this"

KEVIN'S PLACED FENDERS AND 16 LINES OUT, BUT HE'LL NEED TO ADJUST THE LINES AS THE STORM APPROACHES.

'but the tidal surge is something we won't know until he gets here"

INSIDE - THE STAFF IS TRACKING THE STORM'S PROGRESS AND MAKING CALLS -

"now is the time to plan ahead for these weather events, not when the winds are at hurricane force"

DOCKMASTER LEIF HANS LUSTIG RECOMMENDS TAKING CURSORY PRECAUTIONS NOW.

"double up your lines, put some fenders out, see if you can pull it away from pilings. The more lines you have out, the better."

"and of course the other thing to do is to move the boat out of the water and up to safe, higher ground"

WILLIAM BLAZER'S TRAILERING HIS BOAT

"We're basically putting it in the garage where the wind and flying objects can't get to it"

THEN HE AND HIS WIFE WILL PACK UP

"if I had to tell you right now, we're going back to Ohio"

AS FOR KEVIN - WITH THE YACHT SECURE, HE NOW HAS TO CONTEND WITH ITS ANXIOUS OWNER.

"I'm in charge while he's away and every five minutes he's on the phone, 'what's going on? What's happening?' and I'm like "whoa, wait until Monday, then we'll speak every two minutes"

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

WE JUST GOT THE LATEST ADVISORY ON TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

ROBERT'S TRACKING WHAT IMPACT THE STORM COULD HAVE ON FLORIDA.

PLUS.WE'LL TAKE YOU TO FORT MYERS BEACH AND SANIBEL.AS PEOPLE THERE GET READY TO RIDE OUT THE STORM.

AND WHO KNEW--

MEDICINE IS A BIG DRAW FOR TOURISTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY--

A) BARRIER ISLAND PREPS-VO-WIPE

B) MEDICAL TOURISM-VOTOPS