{"id":2016873,"date":"2023-08-30T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surrounded-by-water-storm-surge-inundates-floridas-cedar-key\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:21:49","slug":"surrounded-by-water-storm-surge-inundates-floridas-cedar-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surrounded-by-water-storm-surge-inundates-floridas-cedar-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s Cedar Key submerged by storm surge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurrounded-by-water-storm-surge-inundates-floridas-cedar-key%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Visceral Images of Hurricane Idalia&#8217;s Storm Surge in \u2064Cedar Key, Florida<\/h2>\n<p>Visceral images showing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supermoon-could-intensify-hurricane-idalias-storm-surge\">storm surge<\/a> \u200cfrom Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/in-an-escalating-forecast-tropical-storm-idalia-expected-to-hit-florida-as-major-hurricane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idalia<\/a> emerged Wednesday out of Cedar Key, a small clump\u200d of islands that make up\u200d a\u200c city of \u200croughly <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofcedarkey.org\/\">800\u2062 full-time residents<\/a> and \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/cedar-keys\">National Wildlife\u2062 Refuge<\/a> along the Gulf Coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/florida\">Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Short \u200cvideo clips posted to X \u200bcaptured inundated streets, \u2064torrents crashing upon the walls of structures, pieces\u200b of debris floating around, and\u2062 buildings flooded with water\u2062 in the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HEARTBREAKING \ud83d\udc94 \u2064We&#8217;re getting a first look at Hurricane Idalia&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-fs-with-a-biden-president-delivers-spicy-remark-via-hot-mic-in-florida\/\" title=\"\u2018No One F***s With A Biden\u2019: President Delivers Spicy Remark Via Hot Mic In Florida\">devastating storm surge<\/a> in Cedar Key. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F31HqkPjy8\">https:\/\/t.co\/F31HqkPjy8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DS3pWRXyBi\">pic.twitter.com\/DS3pWRXyBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dWFLA NEWS (@WFLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLA\/status\/1696891966364012719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2062Weather Channel\u2019s Jim Cantore, who is well known for broadcasting live from \u2062stormy disasters, picked Cedar Key \u200bas his base of operations while covering Hurricane Idalia. He and his producer\u2064 shared videos \u200dshowing \u200cmore than 6 feet of storm surge and its effects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Live w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCantore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimCantore<\/a> in Cedar Key, \u200cFL on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherchannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@weatherchannel<\/a> where the storm surge is at 6+ ft and rising from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIdalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIdalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zE7aS30E4T\">pic.twitter.com\/zE7aS30E4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Petyerak (@StevePetyerak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevePetyerak\/status\/1696844644347183322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSurrounded by water as expected,\u201d Cantore <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCantore\/status\/1696887509957972126\">said<\/a> in one post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A RECORD 6.9 foot storm surge\u2062 in Cedar Key, FL. \u2064 Surrounded by water as expected.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UOF?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UOF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#idalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o1ugmxyA0R\">pic.twitter.com\/o1ugmxyA0R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCantore\/status\/1696887509957972126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A mandatory evacuation order <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofcedarkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ORDER-MANDATORY-EVACUATION-IDALIA.pdf\">instructed Cedar\u2063 Key residents<\/a> \u2062to leave the \u200bcity by Tuesday, but not everyone heeded the warning.<\/p>\n<p>Asked during a press conference about an estimated 100 people \u2064who refused to flee, Florida Republican Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> noted there was a \u201chazardous situation\u201d with the storm surge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida Gov. \u200dRon DeSantis says it\u2019s a \u201chazardous situation\u201d \u2064in \u200cCedar \u200dKey, where some people have stayed even\u2063 as the storm surge from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIdalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIdalia<\/a> is expected to rise up to 16 feet<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be rescue \u2062efforts done if need be,\u201d\u200d DeSantis says <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dk4JEHsGM2\">https:\/\/t.co\/dk4JEHsGM2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zS34BU4PdB\">pic.twitter.com\/zS34BU4PdB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1696841638855749771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere \u2064will be rescue efforts done if \u200dneed be,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1696841638855749771\">he said<\/a>. \u201cAnd hopefully it\u2019s not \u2062necessary. Hopefully they knew what they were doing and they have a\u200b spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Idalia\u200d approached Florida, \u200cthe National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that some areas in and around the Big Bend region along the coast\u2064 might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surrounded-by-water-storm-surge-inundates-floridas-cedar-key\/\" title=\"Florida's Cedar Key submerged by storm surge.\">face double-digit storm surge<\/a> when measured in feet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what\u200d more than \u200csix feet of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a>&#8216;s storm\u200b surge looks like in Cedar Key, Florida, where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCantore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimCantore<\/a> is LIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rL0RI31Bj6\">pic.twitter.com\/rL0RI31Bj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Weather Channel\u2064 (@weatherchannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherchannel\/status\/1696868302369263659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NHC Deputy Director Jamie Rhome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/tropical-storm-idalia-hurricane-florida\/card\/storm-surge-threatens-to-cut-cedar-key-off-from-mainland-florida-nhc-official-warns-m2VXeMwAwHn6XYKsq6aw\">said<\/a> he was \u201cespecially\u200d concerned\u201d for \u2062anyone who remained in Cedar Key as\u200b it was \u200c\u201cright smack in the middle of that area,\u201d \u200dnoting \u201cthe entire island could be cut off with \u2062conditions\u2063 like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Idalia\u200c made landfall as a major Category\u200c 3 hurricane around 7:45 \u200ba.m. near \u2064Keaton Beach, \u2064Florida, which \u2064is located about\u2062 an 89-mile drive north of Cedar Key.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHC_Atlantic<\/a> Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> has made landfall as a Category 3 Major Hurricane\u200c with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-gives-update-on-tropical-storm-elsa\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. gives update on tropical storm Elsa\">max sustained winds<\/a> of 125mph\u200c near Keaton Beach,\u200c Florida at 7:45 am EDT.  \u200c  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLwx?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FLwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BoMcnvb7W8\">pic.twitter.com\/BoMcnvb7W8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Tallahassee (@NWSTallahassee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSTallahassee\/status\/1696852549138276614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael Bobbit, a Cedar Key resident, called in to speak with\u200d ABC News about what \u2062Idalia did to his city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cedar Key, FL, resident tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dianermacedo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dianermacedo<\/a> that &#8220;it looks like our entire downtown commercial district \u200dis underwater&#8221; due to Hurricane Idalia flooding. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/paCF2AW5sc\">pic.twitter.com\/paCF2AW5sc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNewsLive\/status\/1696898525789884490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like our entire downtown commercial district is \u200cunderwater,\u201d\u2062 Bobbit said. \u201cWe have no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-2-trillion-here-are-the-key-components-of-bidens-massive-infrastructure-plan\/\" title=\"Another  Trillion: Here Are The Key Components of Biden\u2019s Massive Infrastructure Plan\">commercial buildings<\/a> that aren\u2019t almost entirely inundated. And it\u2062 means \u2014 I\u2019d say 50% of the houses on \u200bthe island have water\u2062 in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bobbit, \u200bwho mentioned that he was walking through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-samaritan-rescues-florida-woman-from-river-after-she-crashed-off-bridge\/\" title=\"Good Samaritan Rescues Florida Woman from River After She Crashed off Bridge\">waist-deep water<\/a> while surveying the damage, also said, \u201cSo far I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve had any\u200d loss of life or any significant injury.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visceral images of Hurricane Idalia&#8217;s storm surge surfaced in Cedar Key, a small island city with 800 residents and a National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. 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