BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Melbourne resident Don Marrufo hopped out of bed at 5 a.m. Sunday to prep his home for Isaias, which had been forecast to potentially strike Cape Canaveral as a Category 1 landfalling hurricane.Instead, Isaias weakened to a tropical storm overnight — and slowed to a crawl off the South Florida coastline."Made breakfast — cinnamon rolls — instead.
And swept the floor," Marrufo said, smiling."Typical Florida. Unexpected weather," he said.Marrufo and his fiancée, Verlaine Tipton, took their chiweenie, Zeus, on a beach walk about 9 a.m.