WOFL also had coverage from 2-4 of the damage.
 

WESH had the first live reports and phone interviews from Dan McCarthy and the Volusia Co. Bureau Chief Claire Metz--the best reporter in Central Florida to tell the story on that Christmas Day. WESH had better coverage by far, utilizing their main channel and digital sub channel as well as the internet to get the radar, DOT and their own WeatherCam images to central Floridians.
 

Our employer had made an announcement regarding possible severe weather on Christmas day. We used our weather radio and ran WFTV and others on the tv with Christmas music playing in the background. We were well aware of the path of the most severe storms. The local stations did a great job of covering the storm's arrival and projected paths.
 

Claire is the best - nu got that right!
 

I started watching 2, 6, and 9 around noon... when the weather alerts began. Even though 6 and 9 had some of the first reports out of Leesburg, Ch. 6 really took off and left the other stations way behind on up-to-date coverage from the scenes-- especially Deland and Daytona. Actually, it was kind of funny/embarrassing, when Ch. 9's anchor Chris Egert asked viewers to please send in their video-- something that Ch. 6 already had on the air from Deland, around 4pm. The only time I tuned back to Ch. 9 was around 6:10pm... to see how they would wrap up their coverage. I was impressed by Ch. 6-- despite the overused "Breaking News" intros, and have pretty much given up on Ch. 9, as far as being much of a news leader.