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Announcements: Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce Gets New Board
November 30th, 2012

Announcements: MOSAIC ARTIST CHOSEN FOR 2013 CEDAR KEY ART FESTIVAL DESIGN
November 30th, 2012

Conservation: Fish of the Week - Southern Stingray
November 29th, 2012

Arts and Entertainment: Cedar Key Arts Center - Holiday Mini Projects Party
November 29th, 2012

Arts and Entertainment: Florida`s Eden and Bev Ringenberg at the Arts Center Opening December 1
November 28th, 2012

Announcements: Cedar Key Public Library Kids` Christmas Party
November 28th, 2012

School News: Shark Reports -11/28/12
November 28th, 2012

Columns: A FLORIDA CRACKER TALE - "Plantation at Fort Lauderdale and the Brahman Bull"
November 27th, 2012

Columns: Those Way-out Roundabouts
November 27th, 2012

Arts and Entertainment: Suwannee Valley Players - Open Auditions: "Little Shop of Horrors"
November 27th, 2012

City News: CITY COMMISSION VOTES TO ADOPT FEMA ORDINANCE
November 26th, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Recent "Conservation" letters/column`s to the Cedar Key News
November 26th, 2012

Law Enforcement News: Levy County Arrest Report 11/26/2012
November 26th, 2012

Announcements: CEDAR KEY BOOK BUNCH NEWS
November 25th, 2012

Announcements: Cedar Key Woman`s Club Fall Festival
November 24th, 2012

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MICROBURST IN CEDAR KEY - IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP

MICROBURST IN CEDAR KEY - IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP

by CKN Staff Reporter

At 7:30AM on Wednesday morning, a microburst hit parts of Cedar Key, leaving some scrambling but no one hurt. Cedar Key Fire Chief and Emergency Operations Manager Robert Robinson, having consulted with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other emergency agencies, reported that the microburst was not rotational in nature and contained winds clocked at 91 miles per hour. Robinson reported that various media telephoned him asking about damages; he assured them that the City of Cedar Key was fully operational.


Among the damages about town were: downed trees, some sagging Dock Street power lines, a spark-shooting Dock Street transformer, fallen branches causing car damage, damaged roofs, and torn Bimini boat tops.

Well before ten o`clock, the City of Cedar Key Public Works Department, under the direction of Police Chief Virgil Sandlin, had the streets cleared of debris. Quickly thereafter neat stacks of debris were piled on the roadside and whisked away by Waste Pro trucks.


Double decker dock at Dock Side Motel damaged


Double decker dock at Dock Side Motel damaged


The Thomas Guest House collapsed a little more but is still standing


More damage is done to the empty Captain’s Table Restaurant


Work has already started to repair the damage to the roof of the old L&M Building

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