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HLA NAPLES PIER-TRX-VOTOPS

RIGHT NOW --

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CHURNING UP THE GULF OF MEXICO --

HLB SANIBEL CAPTIVA FLOODING-VOTOPS

SURFS UP TODAY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

WAVES CRASHED OVER COASTAL ROADS AFTER AN OVERNIGHT STORM SURGE.

HLC GOODLAND FLOODING-VOTOPS

AND MOTHER NATURE IS BRINGING FLOOD WATERS RIGHT UP INTO FRONT YARDS --

OUR CREWS FIND IT TOUGH TO GET AROUND UB SOME LOW LYING COMMUNITIES.

5PM OPEN-CLIP

TOSS TO ROBERT-2SH

TROPICAL STROM ISAAC GAVE US ONE LAST KICK TODAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE TO THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST.

GOOD EVENING I'M PETER BUSCH.

AND I'M KELLIE BURNS.

N-B-C TWO SENIOR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ROBERT VAN WINKLE IS TRACKING ISAACS PATH FROM THE HURRICANE TRACKING CENTER.

FIRST WEATHER-HTC

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.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK

Tropical Storm Isaac now has southwest Florida in its rearview mirror, but we are still feeling its impact.

The skies have been quite cloudy today, and at times you had to throw on the rain jacket.

While we saw scattered showers, the east coast of Florida saw a deluge. They've seen an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain just today alone. We've been stuck in the middle of Isaac and that spiraling rain band today. When you are caught in that area the air sinks, and when it sinks it limits your rain coverage.

We have a chance to see very heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as Isaac moves further away and that associated band of rain moves with it. We will not pick up as much rain as the east coast, but a few more inches are definitely possible.

With Isaac to our west that keeps our winds from the south which pulls up a lot of moisture. That moisture is seen as clouds and is felt as rain.

Good news - conditions will improve come Thursday when Isaac is well away from us.

We're going to see a return of sunshine, isolated storms, and highs in the 90s.

Our surf conditions will also settle down.

Isaac is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday August 29th in Louisiana as a CAT 1 hurricane. For those that don't know… That's the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

POWEROUTAGES-MITTOTOPS

F-P-L OUTAGES --

COLLIER - 300

LEE - 80

CHARLOTTE - 50

NOLA PREPS-2SH-SS

THERE IS A CHANCE ISAAC WILL HIT NEW ORLEANS.

SEVEN YEARS TO THE DAY HURRICANE KATRINA LEVELED THE CITY

RIGHT NOW TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS ON AN EERILY SIMILAR PATH.THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS STRONG.

THIS IS THE CONE OF CONCERN FOR ISAAC.

AND HERE IS KATRINA'S ACTUAL PATH.

ALMOST IDENTICAL.

THE TRACK IN THE GULF PLACES NEW ORLEANS RIGHT IN THE CENTER ONCE AGAIN.

RNC DAY ONE-OC-REM-LIVE-VO

ISAAC PUT A DAMPER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TAMPA.

THE RNC OFFICIALLY CONVENED TODAY THEN QUICKLY RECESSED.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WAS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE CONVENTION BUT HAS STEPPED ASIDE TO FOCUS ON THE WEATHER.

ISAAC STILL COULD DO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE PANHANDLE.

SOME SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DELEGATES WE SPOKE TO ARE DISAPPOINTED --

RNC DAY ONE-SOTVO

:22:18:37

Well, what I'm worried about, if it hits New Orleans again you know we may not have a convention, you know it's a state of emergency. They don't like the idea of celebrating when people are out there getting whipped by a storm." 50

NAPLES PIER-VOTOPS

WE CHECKED OUT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY TO SEE THE AFFECTS OF THE STORM SURGE.

AT THE NAPLES PIER --

SANIBEL CAPTIVA FLOODING-VOTOPS-BOXES

HIGH SURF PUSHED WAVES UP OVER THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY.

STORM SURGE FROM ISAAC IS CAUSING SOME FLOODING-

AND SHUTTING DOWN THE LANDMARK LIGHTHOUSE BEACH.

N-B-C TWO'S LAUREN DISPIRITO IS LIVE IN FRONT OF THE MUCKY DUCK --

SANIBEL CAPTIVA FLOODING-REM-LIVE

take lauren live

we're about one hour into low tide here and it looks like

the rough surf people around sanibel and captiva seeing today is part of storm surge-- from isaac

SANIBEL CAPTIVA FLOODING-PKG

take pkg

Nats causeway flooding

MOST OF ISAAC MAY HAVE MISSED LEE COUNTY-- BUT THE STORM'S SURGE IS CAUSING PLENTY OF PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE ON SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA.

take sot

sherri roberts, staying on sanibel

21:52:21 i could just stand here and it looks like the waves are just gonna take me in, wash me into the sea 21:52:27

WATER PUSHED HIGH INTO THE DUNES AT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH, PROMPTING SANIBEL OFFICIALS TO SHUT DOWN THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO IT.

56:38 there is no beach, just water 56:41

ENOUGH WATER TO KEEP VISITORS LIKE STEPHAN LABUDDA OUT OF THE SURF. BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAPTURE A PIECE OF THE 3 TO 4 FOOT WAVES.

nats causeway flooding

AND JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY, WATER JUMPED THE CAUSEWAY'S SEA WALL--

WASHING OVER THE ONLY ROUTE OFF THE ISLANDS, FORCING OFFICIALS TO KEEP AN EYE ON CONDITIONS.

03:32 it's nuts man you get out there and the waves start crashing on you 30- 45 feet off shore, the current just takes you

LOUIS SANTAGATA DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THE RARE CHANCE TO RIDE A WAVE ON CAPTIVA BEACH--

nats

BUT WARNS ITS A RISKY SWIM.

take sot

louis

04:35

"i would keep kids out of here too, they could easly be five to 600 feet down before you know it"

RIP CURRENTS AND TIDES CAN BE DEADLY FOLLOWING STORMS.

take sot

01:12

runs= 6

marc williams, visitor

hoepfully tomorrow it will be a little calmer and i'll get a good beach day before heading back north

SANIBEL CAPTIVA FLOODING-REM-LIVE

take live tag

FEMA officials were ready to survey this beach, a final step before putting back sand-- and then Isaac came in, so now tomorrow they're hoping waters recede, with low tide, be able to tell if this storm did more damage

live on captiva

GOODLAND FLOODING-VO-SS-FLY

WATER IN PARTS OF COLLIER COUNTY CAME UP SO HIGH IT LEFT MARINE LIFE ON FRONT YARDS.

LOOK AT THIS.A JELLY FISH LYING IN THE GRASS IN GOODLAND.

N-B-C TWO'S SAUNDRA WEATHERS IS LIVE IN GOODLAND WITH HOW PEOPLE THERE ARE DEALING WITH FLOODING.

GOODLAND FLOODING-REM-LIVE

GOODLAND FLOODING-PKG-BNR

Take pkg---

Streets filled with salt water-

Nats

-and boat docks completely submerged is not exactly the view Russ McDonough moved from New Hampshire for.

31:55

We're used to snow storms, not tropical storms. It was amazing.

McDonough says his Goodland water front home-was able to stand up to the storm surge from Tropical storm Isaac.

32:22

A lot of people did vacate the compound but four of us did stay here. We're gonna ride this thing out.

He says waves got as high as five to six feet putting some properties underwater, and closing several roads-but for this view.

32:43

GOODLAND FLOODING-REM-LIVE

KEY WEST STORM SURGE-VO

A SIMILAR SITUATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN KEY WEST.

THE ISLAND TOWN STILL FEELING THE IMPACTS OF ISAAC TODAY.

A HIGHER THAN USUAL TIDE FLOODED STREETS CAUSING SOME ISSUES.BUT NOTHING MAJOR.

SWFL LATEST-HLFRVL

EVERYTHING IS SLOWLY RETURNING TO NORMAL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL START ON TIME TOMORROW.

TOLLS ON LEE COUNTY BRIDGES AND EASTBOUND 75 HAVE BEEN REINSTATED.

LEHIGH ACRES BODY FOUND-SS-BOXES

DEVELOPING AT FIVE.

SOMEONE DRIVING IN A WOODED AREA OF LEE COUNTY STUMBLED ACROSS A BODY.

DEPUTIES ARE ON SCENE OF A DEATH INVESTIGATION NEAR WEST 18TH STREET AND EDISON AVENUE IN LEHIGH ACRES.

LEHIGH ACRES BODY FOUND-REM-LIVE

LEHIGH ACRES BODY FOUND-TRX-PKG

*take pkg*

over on the side of west 18th street-

is where a body is found.

*take sot* larry 14:20 "a white male who was pronounced dead here at the scene."

lee county detectives suspect foul play.

*take sot* larry 14:35 "it appears suspiscious."

around 9am-

a driver made the gruesome discovery.

14:14 "a passerby that saw a body on the side of the road."

they called the sheriff's office and deputies taped off the area as a crime scene.

a k9 came out, and combed the ground for clues.

*take sot* 18:40 "it's crazy because i always ride my 4 wheeler around here. that could have been me to find that body, you know."

detecivtes don't know how long the body has been here,

but ronnie vila, who lives nearby-

says he drove by the spot a few days ago,

and the man wasn't there.

18:49 "i never thought something like that would happen around here."

ronnie tells us he often hears gunshots in this remote area of lehigh acres.

LEHIGH ACRES BODY FOUND-REM-LIVE

*live tag*

FORT MYERS SHOOTING-VO

GUNFIRE NEAR A BUSY DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS SHOPPING CENTER PUT ONE MAN IN THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER IN JAIL.

IT HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MCGREGOR AND ALTAMONT STREET --

CLOSE TO A BUSY PUBLIX.

FORT MYERS POLICE SAY TWO MEN WERE ARGUING WHEN ONE OF THEM STARTED SHOOTING

BOOTH ALERT

THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES OF PINE ISLAND ROAD ARE CLOSED FROM CHIQUITA BLVD TO BURNT STORE ROAD.

A TREE FELL DOWN WITH A POWER LINE AT PINE ISLAND ROAD IN CAPE CORAL.

THE TREE CAUGHT FIRE.

CHAR CO SAMS THEFT-TRX-SS

A MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING CAMERAS IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA HIMSELF.

A MAN IS WANTED IN FOR STEALING CAMERA'S AND D-V-DS FROM A SAMS CLUB IN PORT CHARLOTTE ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

THESE PHOTOS ARE BELIEVED TO BE OF THE SAME MAN.

HE WAS SPOTTED DRIVING OFF ONE TIME IN A GOLD OR TAN FORD EXPLORER.

CHAR CO FLOWER THROUGH WINDOW-SSTOPS

CHARLOTTE DEPUTIES ALSO ARRESTED THIS MAN AFTER THEY SAY HE THREW A FLOWER POT THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW AND INJURED A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR INSIDE.

DEPUTIES SAY STEPHAN FLINDERS DEMANDED THE VICTIM'S GIRLFRIEND'S DISABILITY CHECKS.

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

AS YOU HEAD BACK OUT AFTER THE STORM --

THERE IS ONE THING YOU MIGHT NOTICE.

GAS PRICES ARE STILL GOING UP.

WE LOOKED INTO WHY AND IF THAT WILL CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.

PLUS --

WATER AND BOATS --

NORMALLY THEY GO TOGETHER.

TZ1 A) HIGH GAS PRICES-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) CAPE CANAL LEVELS-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.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK

Tropical Storm Isaac now has southwest Florida in its rearview mirror, but we are still feeling its impact.

The skies have been quite cloudy today, and at times you had to throw on the rain jacket.

While we saw scattered showers, the east coast of Florida saw a deluge. They've seen an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain just today alone. We've been stuck in the middle of Isaac and that spiraling rain band today. When you are caught in that area the air sinks, and when it sinks it limits your rain coverage.

We have a chance to see very heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as Isaac moves further away and that associated band of rain moves with it. We will not pick up as much rain as the east coast, but a few more inches are definitely possible.

With Isaac to our west that keeps our winds from the south which pulls up a lot of moisture. That moisture is seen as clouds and is felt as rain.

Good news - conditions will improve come Thursday when Isaac is well away from us.

We're going to see a return of sunshine, isolated storms, and highs in the 90s.

Our surf conditions will also settle down.

Isaac is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday August 29th in Louisiana as a CAT 1 hurricane. For those that don't know… That's the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-VOTOPS-2SH-TURN-BOXES

RAIN FROM ISAAC HAS CAPE CORAL CITY LEADERS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON RISING CANAL LEVELS.

MEANWHILE.RESIDENTS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR BOATS.

RISING WATER CAN DO SOME HEFTY DAMAGE TO LARGER BOATS.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-NSRM

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-PKG-BNR

RICHARD GUGLIELMI CALLS THIS 65-FOOT CATAMARAN HIS OTHER WIFE.

-Richard Guglielmi-"This boat is fairly light for its size.

"LIGHT" AND EXPENSIVE. GUGLIELMI WAS WORRIED HIS BOAT WOULD TAKE A POUNDING FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

-Guglielmi-"It's secured in about 18 places."

BUT WITH ISAAC LONG GONE, A NEW PROBLEM HAS SURFACED. HIGH CANAL LEVELS ARE FORCING BOATERS -- LIKE GUGLIELMI -- TO CHANGE COURSE. MOVING HIS BELOVED BOAT *AWAY FROM THE CEMENT SEA WALL.

-Guglielmi-"The best thing is to move the boat to the middle of the canal and that way hopefully you avoid hitting anything."

-Alex Boyer-"Waterfront residents living closest to the river are especially concerned about rising canal levels and you can see why."

GREG TRESENRITER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO TAKE OUT THE WAVE RUNNER.

-0606:34:55-Greg Tresenriter/Cape Coral-"It's kind of rough right now. I have my friend with me - Tracy - it might be rough getting out there but might be calmer out there."

AND WHILE TRESENRITER TAKES HIS CHANCES OUT OUT ON THE OPEN WATER, CAPE CORAL BOATERS - LIKE GUGLIELMI - WILL KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE RISING CANAL LEVELS.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-NSRM

LEE BUILDING PERMITS-VO

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TALK ABOUT A PLAN TO GET HALF FINISHED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DONE.

TOMORROW COMMISSIONERS WILL DEBATE WHETHER TO REINSTATE EXPIRED BUILDING PERMITS.

THE MEASURE BRING 300 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PERMITS BACK.

METRO EXTENSION LATEST-VOTOPS-OC

THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT *BILLBOARDS ALONG THE NEW METRO PARKWAY EXTENSION. FROM DANIELS TO US-41.

CAPE BUDGET WORKSHOP POSTPONED-OC

TODAY'S CAPE CORAL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE CITY MANAGER DECIDED TO CALL IT OFF WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE ISAAC MIGHT PRESENT MORE DANGER FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ARMSTRONG PRIVATE SERVICE-VO

A PRIVATE SERVICE FOR NEIL ARMSTRONG WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY.

ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY PLAN TO HONOR THE ASTRONAUT'S LIFE IN CINCINNATI.

A PUBLIC SERVICE AT ANOTHER TIME IS A POSSIBILITY.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT

THE PRICE OF GAS CREEPING TOWARDS THE FOUR DOLLARS MARK. AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHY?

"Why - there's no reason. They don't give us a reason, that's for sure."

NOW THE QUESTION IS --

WHEN WILL THE PRICE GO DOWN?

N-B-C 2 SEARCHES FOR THE CAUSE FOR THE SPIKE --

AND WHEN WE MIGHT FIND SOME RELIEF.

PLUS --

ALL NEW AT SIX.

FIRST IT WAS DEBBY - NOW CAPTIVA HAS BEEN BASHED AGAIN BY ROUGH WAVES.

TZ2 A) HIGH GAS PRICES-SOTVO

{PETER}-BNR-VOTOPS

HIGH GAS PRICES-2SH

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS BEING BLAMED FOR SENDING GAS PRICES SKY HIGH.

PRICES IN FORT MYERS SPIKING 11 CENTS IN THE PAST WEEK.

HIGH GAS PRICES-PKG-BNR

AS THE WIND BLOWS -

"I did not try to get gas before the storm"

COLBY SYLVIA FILLS HIS TANK TODAY - AND THOUGH HE'S NOT TOO WET, HE'S FEELING ISAAC'S EFFECTS ALL THE SAME.

"Kinda disappointed they're going so high, but it's happened before and it always lowers, and highers, and lowers and highers. It always changes."

IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA - GAS PRICES ARE AVERAGING 3-75.

THAT'S AN 11 CENT INCREASE FROM LAST WEEK AND A TEN PERCENT INCREASE FROM A MONTH AGO.

"Why - there's no reason. They don't give us a reason, that's for sure."

BUT EXPERS SAY TROPICAL STORM ISAAC FORCED OIL PRODUCTION IN THE GULF TO COME TO A HALT FRIDAY.

AND UNTIL ISAAC HITS LANDFALL, TRIPLE A SAYS YOU SHOULD EXPECT PRICES TO KEEP GOING HIGHER.

BUT IN CAPE CORAL - SOME GAS STATIONS CAN'T SELL GAS AT ANY PRICE.

"There was like a line of cars getting gas, they had like the gas jugs on the back of their vehicles, filling those and yeah, we ran out on Saturday."

WITH A SHIPMENT NOT ARRIVING UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON, THIS 7-11 LOST OUT ON THE HIGH DEMAND FOR GAS AS ISAAC FLIRTED WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S COASTLINE.

"Cars would come in, see we were out and then pull out, or some would actually come in, but I think it might have hurt business just a little bit."

AS FOR COLBY - HE'S FEELING THE HURT, BUT IS RESIGNED TO IT.

"You have to drive regardless, so you're going to be paying for it anyways."

PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND -- HOW MUCH IS ANYONE'S GUESS.

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS GAINING STRENGTH--

AND COULD FORM INTO A HURRICANE SOON!

ROBERT'S TRACKING STORMS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THAT ISAAC LEFT BEHIND.

MOST OF US DODGED A DISASTER YESTERDAY--

BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL DRYING OUT FROM A WET MESS!

WE'LL TALK WITH SOME OF ISAAC'S VICTIMS.

AND GUNSHOTS RING IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS!

ONE MAN'S HOSPITALIZED--

ANOTHER IS IN JAIL.

NBC2 IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST--

A) FMB HIGH WATER-VO-WIPE

B) FORT MYERS SHOOTING-VOTOPS