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Russ McCaskey @RussMcCaskey

Award winning journalist at Wink News CBS and CW affiliate in Fort Myers/Naples Florida retweets and follows are not endorsements

Joined February 2009
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Cape Coral Yacht Club beach. @WXRules @MattDevittWX
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Brian Emfinger
@brianemfinger
10 Oct 2024
First views of the devastation in Manasota Key, FL after Hurricane Milton. #HurricaneMilton #ManasotaKey
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Nick Sortor
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10 Oct 2024
This is absolutely WILD. Hurricane Milton has blown the roof off of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays This was meant to be a shelter for THOUSANDS of victims and first responders. Real Katrina vibes here.

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Greg Rule@WXRules
10 Oct 2024
Downtown Fort Myers is under water as wind driven storm surge from Hurricane Milton impacts the area. 📸: Corenia Ellswick
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Matt Devitt
@MattDevittWX
10 Oct 2024
#BREAKING: Hurricane #Milton has made landfall on Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 with winds of 120 mph. This is the 3rd hurricane landfall in Florida this year, along with Debby and Helene. WINK is live now with 24/7 coverage.
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Greg Rule@WXRules
9 Oct 2024
Expecting a landfall in either Sarasota or Manatee Counties within the next couple hours. Keep it tuned @winknews for all your latest tropical updates.
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7 foot 3 inch gator attacks a woman in north fort myers. The woman was bit on the leg and is being treated at hospital.
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Amazing sunset tonight in southwest Florida!
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Charges dropped against golfer Scottie Scheffler cnn.com/2024/05/29/us/scotti…

Charges against Scottie Scheffler dismissed after arrest outside PGA Championship | CNN

All charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed less than two weeks after the world No. 1 golfer was arrested trying to drive around the scene of a fatal crash on his way to the PGA...

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My account was hacked... I have taken steps to secure it... but let me know if you get weird messages from my account. Thanks!
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Juliana Mejia@julianamwx
9 Jan 2024
SWFL LIGHTNING SHOW ⚡️ Our Deep Creek skycam is looking straight into the fast-moving line of powerful storms that is currently tracking through Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties. ⚡️⛈ #flwx #swfl
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Weird weather day at Caspersen Beach! #ViniceFL
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Full moon looks like the sun tonight in southwest Florida.
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Some gas stations in the Tampa area are already out of gas.
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New photo for the @winknews website!
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Car fire I-75 mile marker 146
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Storms rolling into Venice Florida this morning. @AmandaLaurenWx @MattDevittWINK
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Storms moving into Alva, Florida. @MattDevittWINK @WXRules
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Sunset #VeniceBeachFlorida
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Gone is the blue check mark, and I don't miss it at all!
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