Wilma: Correspondent Notes & Quotes

> Grooming?: ABC stationed Bob Woodruff in Naples and Marysol Castro in Ft. Myers…

> Pixelated persona: FNC correspondent Steve Harrigan looked like a wet, wind-whipped blob during his videophone reports from Everglade City…

> Best sound effect: Distracting metallic screeching noises during Donna Gregory‘s report from Key West. “We’ve been hearing that all night long — pieces of sheet metal that are literally ripping off these buildings,” she said…

> Repetitive: The first time Gary Tuchman shared his “southernmost” anecdote, I liked it. (He said Key West used to be the “southernmost point in the United States,” until Hawaii joined the union; then it became the “southernmost point in the continental U.S.”) But he didn’t need to tell viewers more than once…

> Get this guy some socks: FNC’s Orlando Salinas was blown around in Key West overnight. It “literally” knocked his socks and shoes off, Gregg Jarrett said…

> Just wait an hour: “After listening to Gary Tuchman, I feel like I should spread out a blanket and have a picnic on the beach here,” Jeanne Meserve said in Naples around 3am. An hour later, she could barely hear the anchors through her IFB over the howling winds…