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through about 2:00 a.m., high tide was at 3:00 a.m., so there was concern the two of them would coincide and create quite a bit of water, pushing waters into the streets in clearwater, it did in some cases and around the area of tampa bay. that was an issue. the national guard i can tell you they are ready. they have high water vehicles and ready to do search and rescue if needed. the governor had 6,000 people, utility workers on stand by this morning in case there were major power outages. we ll see what the morning brings, but for now, things are just continuing as they were for the last few hours just on and off bands of rain and some heavy winds here, john, brianna? randi kaye, stay dry and we ll check in with you in a little bit. chad myers now with the forecast. chad? john, 65 miles per hour storm right now. it was a hurricane yesterday, but it really lost a lot of power because of wind coming in from the southwest called sheer and that wind was very dry.