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Per Ft Myers News-Press6:47 a.m. Monday

Electrical power is out in Marco Island and Immokalee,
as well as parts of Lehigh Acres, and elsewhere in
South Florida, electrical companies reported early
Monday.

Crews will not be sent out for repair work until the
storm has passed, but there are thousands of additional
workers staged and ready to roll as soon as conditions allow, officials said.

In addition to Marco and Immokalee, scattered outages have also been reported in
Sanibel, Pine Island, South Lee County and San Carlos, said Karen Ryan, spokeswoman
for the Lee County Electrical Co-Operative, although in some cases it's no more than two
or three houses or buildings.

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At least 330,000 in the dark after Cat 3 landfall

By THE NEWS-PRESS STAFF
Published by news-press.com on October 24, 2005

More than 330,000 South Floridians are without power
as Hurricane Wilma’s eye begins to pass over
Everglades City as of 6:40 a.m. Strong winds and heavy
rain continue to pound Lee and Collier counties.

FPL spokeswoman Jocelyn Delagandara said that utility
has 316,514 customers with no power throughout its
service area, including Florida's south and east coasts
and central Florida. She said she couldn’t give more
exact locations now, but that information will be
available after the storm when crews are sent out for
repairs.

FPL has had 5,000 additional workers from nearby
states staged in north Florida and stocked with extra
repair equipment and supplies, she said. They'll all be
dispatched after the storm has passed.

More than 27,900 LCEC customers are the dark,
according to intial reports as of 6:25 a.m. As many as
18,565 customers in Lehigh Acres have just lost power,
along with 2,264 homes and businesses in Sanibel,
another 3,350 homes in Cape Coral and 2,830 homes
in North Fort Myers. No reports were in for Fort
Myers or Bonita Springs.

Everglades City lost power at about 4 this morning.

Mayor Sammy Hamilton, who was riding out the storm
in his three-story home with his wife and dog, said, "It's
raining like hell and the wind is blowing pretty hard.

Hamilton said the wind might have been blowing at 100
miles an hour.

"My main concern is the water," Hamilton said. He said
he couldn't see any water on the streets.