A Florida resident provided a devastating first-hand look at hard-hit Cedar Key Friday morning after parts of the town were flattened by Hurricane Helene.
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00:00That building there is going to come apart Oh my goodness, oh my goodness
00:21Say a prayer friends I was trying to make it to my momma's house
00:26But it's neck deep here I'm not able to get any further
00:34Oh man This is a deep little spot
00:41It's possible it's not quite as bad on golf But I just don't know
00:51I don't know This is the museum
00:53Oh no It's chest deep here now
01:04Oh no, the water's made it in the museum I'm not going to be able to go much further
01:12It's about to be over my head After the most punishing night
01:15Any of us could ever have imagined The morning is breaking
01:20Bright and beautiful Which is a cruel irony
01:25Of the scenes we're seeing around the island Entire houses are missing
01:32Or flattened in on themselves The hardware store is gone
01:37The downtown jiffy completely destroyed The post office destroyed
01:42Brian's big deck is gone It's hard to take in
01:51However bad we imagined it would be When we were fighting this thing in the
01:56darkness It's so much worse in the daylight
02:01This recovery will be measured in years And years not months
02:07And I suspect we will see a mass exodus from the island
02:12We're going to find out who really loves Cedar Key, friends
02:18It's unbelievable Godspeed, Cedar Key