00:00Right now our coverage continues. Leslie Hudson, she's live from Cocoa Beach, Florida this morning
00:06with the latest. A little rough surf at the moment there, Miss Leslie.
00:13Yeah, good morning to you, Bernie. For sure, the seas are definitely a little angrier this morning.
00:19So we are at the Cocoa Beach Pier. This is a popular spot to come check out when Mother Nature
00:24gives a glancing blow, as would be kind of the case with Imelda. But let me take you a little bit
00:31over my shoulder. We'll zoom into the Cocoa Pier down there. And we're starting to see those waves
00:36in the neighborhood of, you know, four or five-ish feet. There's definitely, you know, that tropical
00:42storm warning offshore 60 nautical miles. So the forecasters in this area, and of course AccuWeather's
00:48been talking about this as well, the rough surf really going to be the calling card for here in
00:53Florida. We could potentially see some of those outer squalls. I've seen some of that down in
00:58South Florida. But, you know, we'll see how that plays out here. And of course, we're expecting
01:02to get a little bit of a push tomorrow when it gets just a little bit further northward and a little
01:08better organized. But let me show you some video from Melbourne, which is just to my south here in
01:13Cocoa Beach from last night. And they had some pretty impressive lightning. A very nice lightning storm
01:19illuminated the sky there. And there is definitely a pretty decent cloud deck here
01:24in Brevard County where we are in Cocoa Beach. So the thinking is that we're going to be dealing
01:31with the rough surf through most of the week, of course, as Imelda pulls north and will continue
01:37to deal with very dangerous rip currents. The forecasters in this area have urged folks to not
01:44get into the water, obviously. Anytime there's a tropical system, that's the protocol. But usually
01:49the surfers don't listen. And we've seen several out here this morning, probably going to see a few
01:54more. And then, of course, no boating conditions are recommended either. What's interesting is,
02:01is Port Canaveral, which is in Brevard County where we are, is the largest or one of the largest ports in
02:08the world. And as we came into Brevard County early this morning, their cruise ships were there. So it's
02:16going to be interesting. I don't know how they alter their plans. They certainly know how to navigate
02:21around systems well in advance. So it's not an issue. But it was interesting. Some of the bigger
02:26ships, the Disney ships were in, as well as the Norwegian, which are some of the larger ships that
02:31come here. So I don't know if that's going to, we'll try and find out if that's going to interact with the
02:35visitors that come here. Again, the one of the largest ports in the country and even the world.
02:40But for now, things are starting relatively quiet here, breezy for sure. The rough seas have picked
02:46up a bit. We'll see how that plays out throughout the day and into tomorrow. For now, we're reporting
02:50live from Cocoa Beach. Back to you.
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