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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Storm Coverage - Continued fromapage 1 pulled up to her house and
"I need help Lord," she said. At that time, a truck pulling trailer
stopped. The driver said "Do you need any help?" We are from the First Baptist Church in
Inglis." Melissa says she was so stunned that she paused in shock for about twenty seconds,
before replying, "Yes, I need help!"
In addition to flooding in their homes, unless they were on stilts, many people
in Yankeetown had to move cars and boats off their property, in order to save them from
flooding, as the water levels in the Withlacoochee River continued to rise, well beyond flood
level.
The Yankeetown Coast Guard Station had prepared the best they could with sand-
bags, but they, as many on the Withlacoochee River and nearby areas, were flooded out of
their location. In preparation, they had relocated their boats to other areas. (Photo page 12)
The Food Ranch Supermarket in Inglis never lost power and was able to maintain
regular hours,"through the entire ordeal," said store manager Doug Johnston of Dunnellon.
Johnston said they sold out of flashlights and size D batteries, but had extra bottled water
and ice delivered for the many who were, quite literally, flooded out of their homes and/or
without power. The store sold five extra pallets of water and over 500 bags of ice. Several
employees had to stay in the store, all night on Thursday and Friday, due to the alarm going
off, repeatedly.
According to the Levy County Sheriff s Office, Levy County boat ramps were back
cenes like this in Yankeetown were repeated through out the Nature Coast as linemen and
open on Sunday, however "Boaters are advised to use the ramps at their own risk." A press
repair workers from CFEC and out of state worked day and night to restore power. Outage up-
release from the LCSO, said there was "at least one hole" in the Yankeetown ramp, located
date from CFEC as of 6:30 a.m. Monday: Alachua - 82, Dixie - 968, Gilchrist - 280, Levy - 1744.
at the western end of County Rd. 40 W. "The Levy County Road Department will be work-
Total Out - 3074. Friday there were over 16,000 outages in the three county Cooperative cov-
ing to repair that ramp as soon as possible," the release stated.
erage area. Members can report power outages by calling 352.493.2511 or 800.227.1302,
Continued on page 11 - Storm Coverage
visiting the website at www.CFEC.com or by accessing the mobile app, CFEC Connect. Outages
can also be viewed through their website and mobile app. Newscaster photo by Lee Paulet.
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