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WX SPRING BREAK SETUP-TBX TOPS

COOLER WEATHER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NBC2'S GEORGE SOLIS LIVE ON FORT MYERS BEACH AS SPRING BREAK GETS UNDERWAY.

AND METEOROLOGIST TYLER MAULDIN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE LATEST TEMPS FROM OUR FIRST ALERT STORM TRACKING CENTER.

FIRST WX-WXCNTR

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.

GLOOMY START TO MARCH

The first weekend in March will certainly not go down as one of those picture perfect "Chamber of Commerce" weekends across Southwest Florida. In fact, this weekend will be a pretty unusual one for Southwest Florida standards; it's going to be chilly, windy, cloudy, and even rainy at times.

It'll be chilly tonight as temperatures begin to tumble. I'm forecasting the lower 50s tonight, then upper 30s to lower 40s for morning lows on Sunday. Keep in mind, however, temperatures will feel a bit cooler than what the thermometer might tell us because northerly winds will be rather stiff through the weekend with gusts up to 25 mph.

To further complicate the forecast, there's even the chance for a few light showers as a disturbance heads our way from the Gulf of Mexico. The best chance for some cold rain showers will likely be from late tonight through Sunday morning. Our rain chance will be around 60%. Expect showers to be more numerous along the coast.

By Sunday morning, the combination of clouds, cold temperatures, and scattered rain and wind won't make for the most pleasant of ways to get the day going. Temperatures will start in the low to mid 40s, but the hope is that by Sunday afternoon, the clouds will start to break up, allowing for some rays of sun. Despite some afternoon sunshine, however, Sunday will be another chilly one with highs only reaching the low to mid 60s.

Temperatures will be at their lowest point Sunday night into Monday morning as skies start to clear and winds relax. Most of us across the urban corridor will cool into the low 40s with inland locations dipping into the mid 30s by early Monday morning.

TEAM COVERAGE OPEN-TRX

SPRING BREAK-DBX TOPS LIVE

TYLER THANKS.

NBC2'S GEORGE SOLIS IS ON FORT MYERS BEACH TONIGHT.

STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING IN DROVES FROM THE AIRPORT.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS DURING PEAK SEASON, THE ISLAND'S POPULATION TYPICALLY SWELLS TEN FOLD, TO 65 THOUSAND.

SPRING BREAK-REM LIVE

THE TOWN BRINGS IN EXTRA WORKERS TO HANDLE TRASH PICK UP.

TOWN LEADERS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO DRIVE, AND CROSS STREETS SAFELY.

SPRING BREAK-PKG

TWO WORDS YOU'LL LIKELY HEAR OVER AND OVER THIS TIME OF YEAR.

"Spring break, spring break."

MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM UP NORTH ARRIVING IN FORT MYERS--TO A COOL SURPRISE.

24:28 "For many Spring Breakers it may be cooler than expected but they say it's definitely warmer than their previous destinations."

20:51 "Yeah it's a little bit colder but I'll take it."

21:42 "20 degrees at night, 30 degrees during the day windy."

SOME DISAPPOINTED---HAVING TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO SHOWCASE THEIR BEACH BODS.

22:01 Hopefully it'll warm up for us."

ON THE BEACH--THINGS ARE HEATING UP.

SIGNATURE SPOTS LIKE THE LANAI KAI ARE SPIKING WITH SPRING BREAK FEVER.

NATS CHEERING

THE COLD WEATHER AN AFTER THOUGHT.

SPRING BREAK-REM LIVE

ANYTHING BETTER THAN SNOW FOR A LOT OF THESE KIDS.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ALSO AROUND.MAKING SURE EVERYONE STAYS AND SPRING BREAK 2013 KICKS OFF.

I75 FATAL AX-TRX VO

NEW INFORMATION ON A FATAL CRASH ON I-75 TODAY.

A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN WAS KILLED WHEN HER MINIVAN HIT A CONSTRUCTION ROLLER NEAR MILE MARKER 146.

THAT'S ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF THE BAYSHORE EXIT.

TROOPERS SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 230 TODAY.

FOR SOME REASON.THE DRIVER RAN OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER.THEN VERRED BACK AND CROSSED LANES INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

FLAGLER WILDFIRES-VOTOPS

NEW VIDEO AT ELEVEN.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLEE THEIR HOMES IN FLAGLER COUNTY.

A FAST-GROWING WILDFIRE HAS SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 95.

THAT FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 100 ACRES AND IS *NOT UNDER CONTROL TONIGHT.

CREWS FROM THREE COUNTIES JOINED IN ON THE EFFORT.

FL SINKHOLE-VO OC

THE SEARCH FOR JEFF BUSH HAS ENDED.

THE FLORIDA MAN WAS SWALLOWED BY A SINKHOLE.

AFTER IT OPENED UNDER HIS BEDROOM NEAR TAMPA.

CREWS SAY THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER HIS BODY.

THE NEXT STEP - DEMOLOSHING THE HOME.

AS A FAMILY COPES WITH THEIR LOSS.

FL SINKHOLE-DISSOLVE PKG

FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED SATURDAY AT THIS HOME NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA FOR A SECOND DAY.

AS HOPE FOR FINDING JEFF BUSH BEGAN TO FADE.

"I knew when the fire department or nobody would go inside the house that that was his last resting place and that would be what it would be for the time being."

OFFICIALS.COULD. NOT GO IN. BECAUSE ENGINEERS SAY THE LARGE, 50 FEET DEEP SINK HOLE UNDER THE HOME KEEPS GROWING.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL STOP.

"At this point, we have to move beyond the rescue to a demolition phase."

THEIR OWN HOMES UNDER THREAT FROM THE SINKHOLE. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WERE GIVEN JUST A HALF HOUR TO COLLECT BELONGINGS.

NOT KNOWING WHEN. OR IF. THEY MAY RETURN.

"We're dealing with a very unusual sinkhole, it's very deep, it's very wide, it's very unstable."

AS INVESTIGATORS TESTED THE PERIMETER OF THE HOME.

JEREMY BUSH BROUGHT FLOWERS TO A MAKE-SHIFT MEMORIAL FOR HIS BROTHER.

WHO HE TRIED DESPERATELY TO SAVE FROM THE COLLAPSE.

"I was trying to move the bed, and all i could do was snap the bed in half. I tried. I tried my hardest. I tried my very hardest."

JEREMY HAD TO BE PULLED TO SAFETY HIMSELF.

"As I was pulling him up, I was looking at the hole watching it collapse, watching the bed frame, watching everything just sink into the ground."

OFFICIALS SAY DEMOLITION EFFORTS WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING.

AS THE FAMILY TRIES TO COPE WITH AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY.

BURKE INVESTIGATION-SS VO

LOOKING AHEAD TO TUESDAY,

THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING.

STATE OFFICIALS WANT TO KNOW IF DOCTOR BURKE SUSPENDED AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION CONCERNING AN ADMINISTRATOR, DOCTOR DEEDARA HICKS.

THE STATE ALSO WANTS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY WAS ALLOCATED.

DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEETING-VO

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS?

THE DISTRICT IS HOSTING A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS.

THIS ONE TODAY WAS AT THE EAST LEE COUNTY LIBRARY IN LEHIGH ACRES.

THEY'RE ASKING CITIZENS TO WEIGH IN ON THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR LEE SCHOOLS.

FL CITRUS REPORT-TRX VO

A TOUGH YEAR FOR CITRUS CROPS IN FLORIDA.

EXPERTS PREDICT DECLINES IN THIS YEAR'S HARVEST.

BLAMING A WARM DRY WINTER, CITRUS GREENING AND A HEAVY CROP LOAD.

OFFICIALS PREDICTED A TOTAL CITRUS YIELD OF 154 MILLION BOXES OF FRUIT.

THAT WAS DOWNGRADED TO 141 MILLION BOXES LAST MONTH.

FL HORSE HERPES-OC

HORSE HERPES IS BECOMING A PROBLEM IN FLORIDA.

SEVEN FACILITIES HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED AFTER HORSES TESTED POSITIVE FOR A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS EQUINE HERPES VIRUS.

IT'S CALLED "EHV-1."

THE VIRUS IS SPREAD THROUGH RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS AND VIA CONTAMINATED FEED BUCKETS, FOOD, AND GROOMING TOOLS.

CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN-OC

FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS --

FORT MYERS POLICE OFFICERS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WHO DON'T WEAR THEIR SEAT BELTS.

IT'S PART OF THE CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN.

YOU CAN GET PULLED OVER JUST FOR NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

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TEASE ONE

I don't understand why you're not willing to help this patient.

A WOMAN DIED AFTER COLLAPSING IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

TONIGHT -- WHY THE NURSE *REFUSED TO DO C-P-R.

FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST TYLER MAULDIN IS TRACKING FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.

HOW LOW WILL THEY GO AND WHEN WILL THINGS WARM UP?

A) INDEPENDENT LIVING DEATH-SOTVO

TRX GEN-TRX

INDEPENDENT LIVING DEATH-SOTVO TOPS

Dispatcher: Is there anyone who works there that is willing to do it? We're just going to let this lady die?

A SHOCKING 911 CALL HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED.

INDEPENDENT LIVING DEATH-VO PLASMA

THE NURSE REFUSED, CITING THE FACILITY'S POLICY THAT FORBIDS EMPLOYEES FROM EVEN TRYING TO PERFORM C-P-R.

INDEPENDENT LIVING DEATH-PKG

IT'S 11:07 TUESDAY MORNING.

EIGHTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LORRAINE BAYLESS HAS COLLAPSED IN THE DINING ROOM AT GLENWOOD GARDENS.

SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS AND BARELY BREATHING.

FIRE AND AMBULANCE CREWS ARE ON THE WAY.

IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MINUTES OF QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR TRACEY HALVORSON, THE DISPATCHER, TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.

Dispatcher: We need to get CPR started. that's not enough. ok?

Caller: Yeah, we can't do CPR.

Dispatcher: Okay, hand the phone to a passerby.

Caller: We can't do CPR at this facility.

Dispatcher: If you can't do it, hand it to the passerby and I'll have them do it.

Caller: No. No.

Dispatcher: Anybody there can do CPR. Give them the phone please. I understand if your facility is not willing to do that. Give the phone to that passerby, that stranger. This woman is not breathing enough. She's going to die if we don't get this started. Do you understand?

Caller: I understand. I am a nurse but I can't have our other senior citizens who don't know CPR to do this. We're in a dining room.

Dispatcher: I will instruct them. Is there anyone there who is willing? I don't understand why you're not willing to help this patient.

A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES INTO THE CALL, BAYLESS REMAINS UNTOUCHED, BARELY BREATHING ON THE DINING ROOM FLOOR.

Caller: You can talk to my boss.

Dispatcher: Okay, they're refusing CPR. They're going to let her die. By the facility.

Caller: When will the fire department be here?

Dispatcher: They've been on the way all this time, but we can't wait this lady is going to die.

INDEPENDENT LIVING DEATH-OC

IT'S THE POLICY OF GLENWOOD GARDENS. THAT STAFF DOES NOT ATTEMPT C-P-R. BECAUSE IT'S AN INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY.NOT A NURSING FACILITY.

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TEASE TWO

What did you do to amuse yourselves?

Well there was no TV.

Are you blushing Brian?

No, not at all, not at all.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT DURING HURRICANE SANDY --

A NEW BABY BOOM MAY OFFER SOME EXPLANATIONS.

PLUS -- TERRIFYING MOMENTS WHEN A BUS DRIVER PASSES OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL.

A) SANDY BABIES-SOTVO

B) POLAND UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER-VO

TRX GEN-TRX

FORECAST OPEN-CLIP

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.

GLOOMY START TO MARCH

The first weekend in March will certainly not go down as one of those picture perfect "Chamber of Commerce" weekends across Southwest Florida. In fact, this weekend will be a pretty unusual one for Southwest Florida standards; it's going to be chilly, windy, cloudy, and even rainy at times.

It'll be chilly tonight as temperatures begin to tumble. I'm forecasting the lower 50s tonight, then upper 30s to lower 40s for morning lows on Sunday. Keep in mind, however, temperatures will feel a bit cooler than what the thermometer might tell us because northerly winds will be rather stiff through the weekend with gusts up to 25 mph.

To further complicate the forecast, there's even the chance for a few light showers as a disturbance heads our way from the Gulf of Mexico. The best chance for some cold rain showers will likely be from late tonight through Sunday morning. Our rain chance will be around 60%. Expect showers to be more numerous along the coast.

By Sunday morning, the combination of clouds, cold temperatures, and scattered rain and wind won't make for the most pleasant of ways to get the day going. Temperatures will start in the low to mid 40s, but the hope is that by Sunday afternoon, the clouds will start to break up, allowing for some rays of sun. Despite some afternoon sunshine, however, Sunday will be another chilly one with highs only reaching the low to mid 60s.

Temperatures will be at their lowest point Sunday night into Monday morning as skies start to clear and winds relax. Most of us across the urban corridor will cool into the low 40s with inland locations dipping into the mid 30s by early Monday morning.

SANDY BABIES-SOTVO

THE POPULATION ON THE EAST COAST IS ABOUT TO GET BIGGER!

We think we have a Sandy baby.

SUPERSTORM SANDY MAY BE TO BLAME FOR BABY BUMPS POPPING UP AT A RAPID RATE IN WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

THERE'S SO MANY PREGNANT WOMEN THERE THAT SOME DOCTORS AREN'T ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS.

COUPLES WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.

A BABY BOOM IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,

POLAND UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER-NATS VO

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TERRIFYING MOMENTS FOR PASSENGERS ON A BUS IN POLAND -- AFTER THE DRIVER PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL.

TWO WOMEN RUSHED TO THE DRIVER'S CABIN AND GRABBED THE WHEEL AS THE BUS ROLLED OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH TRAFFIC.

THEY COULDN'T REACH THE PEDALS BECAUSE THE DRIVER WAS STUCK IN HIS SEAT.

EVENTUALLY THE DRIVER CAME TO AND STOPPED.

TEASE SPORTS-2-SHOT

A)-VOTOPS

TRX GEN-TRX

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SPORTS OPEN

FGCU WOMEN KENNESAW PERFECT SEASON-VO OFF TOP

THE F-G-C-U WOMEN'S HOOPS TEAM. TRYING TO WRAP UP THEIR SECOND-STRAIGHT UNBEATEN CONFERENCE SEASON ON SENIOR NIGHT.

THE SENIORS TAKING CHARGE. BRITTANY KENNEDY THE STEAL AND HOOP. GETS THE PARTY STARTED.

MINUTES LATER. LERRIN COOK. DRAINS THE THREE. 9-2 EAGLES.

JOYCE IAMSTRONG. ADDING HER CONTRIBUTION HERE. SHE HAD 19 POINTS.

FGCU MEN GO FOR TITLE-ONCAM

OBVIOUSLY, THE F-G-C-U WOMEN WILL BE THE TOP SEED IN THEIR TOURNEY.

THE EAGLE MEN. WITH A CHANCE TO EARN THE NUMBER ONE SEED, TOO, AND CLAIM A SHARE OF THE LEAGUE'S REGULAR SEASON TITLE.

BUT NOT ONLY WOULD THEY HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT.

FGCU MEN KENNESAW-VOTOPS

SHERWOOD BROWN AND BISHOP VEROT GRAD EDDIE MURRAY. PLAYING THE FINAL HOME GAME OF THEIR CAREERS AGAINST KENNESAW.

THEY WORK TOGETHER EARLY ON. BROWN TO MURRAY FOR THREE. WE'RE TIED AT FIVE.

LATER IN THE FIRST. BERNARD THOMPSON WITH THE STEAL AND OPEN COURT JAM. 12-7 F-G-C-U.

IF THAT WASN'T FANCY ENOUGH FOR YOU. BRETT COMER THE STEAL. LOBS IT OVER HIS BACK TYO DAJUAN GRAF FOR TWO MORE.

MERCER STETSON SCORE-CGTOPS

BUT THE EAGLES WILL SETTLE FOR THE SECOND SEED IN THE A-SUN TOURNAMENT.

MERCER WINS AT STETSON TO FINISH A GAME AHEAD OF THE EAGLES IN THE CONFERENCE STANDINGS.

EAGLES REAX-SOTTOPS

BERNARD THOMPSON EJECTED-VO IN PLASMA

THE EAGLES MAY BE WITHOUT THEIR SECOND LEADING SCORER FOR THEIR FIRST A-SUN TOURNAMENT GAME.

GUARD BERNARD THOMPSON WAS EJECTED TONIGHT AFTER PICKING UP TWO FLAGRANT FOULS FOR THROWING ELBOWS.

BY RULE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. THAT WOULD MEAN A ONE-GAME SUSPENSION.

BUT F-G-C-U HEAD COACH ANDY ENFIELD SAYS HE'S NOT CLEAR ON IF IT'S THE SAME IN THE POSTSEASON.

ENFIELD ON THOMPSON-SOTTOPS

MIAMI DUKE-VOTOPS

MIAMI TRYING TO UPSET DUKE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.

BUT THE BLUE DEVILS GOT RYAN KELLY BACK FROM A FOOT INJURY. AND BOY DID HE DELIVER. HITS THE THREE. PART OF A CAREER-HIGH 36 POINT NIGHT.

CANES WERE DOWN THREE IN THE FINAL SECONDS. UNABLE TO HIT A THREE TO TIE IT.

FLORIDA ALABAMA-VOTOPS

EIGHTH-RANKED FLORIDA TRYING TO LOCK DOWN THE TOP SEED IN THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT. HOSTING ALABAMA.

GATORS TRAILED IN THE SECOND HALF. BUT HERE THEY COME. SCOTTY WILBEKIN STRONG TO THE HOOP. GIVE HIM TWO AND A TRIP TO THE LINE.

FGCU BASEBALL-ONCAM

THE F-G-C-U BASEBALL TEAM'S LIMELIGHT IN THE NATIONAL TOP 25 LOOKS LIKE IT WILL COME TO AN END WHEN THE NEXT POLL COMES OUT.

RED SOX TWINS-VOTOPS

SHANE VICTORINO AND JOE MAUER. FACING OFF IN THE FIRST GAME IN THE MAYOR'S CUP BEFORE TAKING OFF TO TEAM UP FOR TEAM U-S-A IN THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC.

CLAY BUCHHOLZ MAKING HIS FIRST START OF THE SPRING FOR BOSTON. GETS THE STRIKEOUT HERE. HAD A PAIR OF THEM IN AN INNING AND A THIRD.

CLAY GOT SOME HELP FROM JUAN CARLOS LINARES. OUT OF THE YARD.

BUCHHOLZ REAX-SOTTOPS

ORIOLES RAYS-VOTOPS

RAYS AND O'S. FACING OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SPRING.

TAMPA HOPING FOR BIG THINGS FROM NEW SHORTSTOP YUNEL ESCOBAR. THIS IS A GREAT SIGN. OPPOSITE FIELD HOMER FOR ESCOBAR. TWO-RUN SHOT.

EVERBLADES GWINNETT-VOTOPS

THE JUNIORS TAKING THE ICE IN BETWEEN PERIODS OF THE EVERBLADES/GWINNETT GAME TONIGHT.

FLORIDA UP A GOAL. IN THE SECOND. NOT FOR LONG. NICK WALSH REDIRECTS IN TO TIE THINGS AT ONE.

HONDA CLASSIC-VOTOPS

TIGER WOODS AND GEORGE MCNEILL. BOTH AT EVEN PAR THROUGH THREE ROUNDS OF THE HONDA CLASSIC.

THE LEAD. SHARED BY LUKE GUTHRIE. AND MICHAEL THOMPSON. HELLO MR. THOMPSON!.

SPORTS CLOSE-ONCAM

PETER DIABETES EVENT-2 SS TOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THE CROWD TONIGHT AT THE RITZ CARLTON IN NAPLES.

THIS IS A BENEFIT FOR JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH.

NBC2 ANCHOR PETER BUSCH EMCEED THE EVENT.

HERE HE IS ALONG WITH HIS SISTER MOLLY.

OFF AIR REMINDER-OC

A REMINDER FOR OUR VIEWERS,

WE WILL NOT HAVE LOCAL NEWSCASTS TOMORROW MORNING,

DUE TO A POWER UPGRADE INSIDE OUR BUILDING.

OUR SYSTEMS WILL SHUT DOWN.

THERE *WILL BE PROGRAMMING ON THE AIR.

OUR LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE WILL RESUME ON THE NEWS AT SIX,

CLOSE-3SHOT