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Todd: randy, a recreational fishing company in the florida keys. we have been in touch with him since saturday. he joining us now by phone with an update. randy, i've got to ask you, how you holding up? >> oh, guys, we're doing good. you know, we rode it out with no problems. the house stood strong. a lot of tree damage. that seems to be the biggest problem for us in the you were keys was a lot of downed trees. did i not see any structural damage. pretty good flooding on the oceanside, which was expected with those hard winds and the high tide. and then there was a tide surge on the bay side. ...

The east side, we drove down to mile marker 54. we're on the ocean side. you saw the damage. the east side on the west side or the bay side, you'd see tries down, which is significant. trees down everywhere. wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. this is called the boatel. when we were hear friday, they just closed down. the locals were telling us a great place to get a fish fry on a friday and a cold beer. the sheriff told us about. it was well known here. you can see it didn't fare well not only with the wind but a 6 foot storm surge. i'm 6'3." the water was basically where my head is. to the ri...

Scenes look that cbs -- that they are giving the local viewers there. as he watched, the upper keys in the damage from sky for 7 and the fox helicopter that is up in the sky. we were expecting for some damage after the storm yesterday. were not expecting homes to be destroyed, and that sort of thing. they're supposed be taken out out of the boats with something the local officials were expecting. lots of storm surge damage. sure enough, this is from the florida keys. the upper keys, not far from key largo, i am told, and you can see a lot of storm surge coming off. that looks like the base i t...

Adam housley is there. he is live in key largo. >> we passed the dhs crew, department of homeland security, they are taking a pass south to get communications there. make the issues down there. they are on the ocean side of the keys, and also wind damage on the bay side, but the ocean side, you are destruction. this was a restaurant we stood by on friday if you came here. the shares of monroe county tele's base to come here and get fish fries. as you can see the place is completely trash into the water. you can see hvac on anything from the businesses if you keep coming across, you see how sir...

Closely. we have assets everywhere that this storm is going to be. bill weir is on key largo with his team. he has been living the reality down there, and the bands have been coming one after the next, one stronger than the next. how is it now? >> reporter: it's the battle of the bands. each one trying to outdo the one before. it's really getting violent right now, chris. the treetops snapping, swaying, the boats bobbing up here. i don't know if you can see the one over my shoulder it's not moving because it's a rare one up on a lift. the rest of them we'll show you once we can find a safe win...