[QUOTE](CNN) -- From building-crushing hurricanes to killer sinkholes, Gulf Coast residents have seen a lot. But even these battle-tested veterans of the weather wars are marveling at torrential rains that washed out bridges and roads, sent chest-high water into homes and forced major military bases to shut down Wednesday.
"We've seen flooding before, but never flooding that washes the back of a house away," said CNN iReporter Matt Raybourn of Pensacola, Florida. "There are no words for what we are seeing here."
The rushing waters reduced some streets to rubble, gouged huge gashes in others and left stretches of many others submerged, including parts U.S. 98, the main east-west route along the coast. It was closed in several places between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City. Abandoned cars sat half-submerged along the highway.
Along the coast, water pushed ashore by wind-driven waves and unusually high tides lapped at sand dunes as red flags warned swimmers to stay out of the water.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported one drowning death associated with the flooding. Details weren't immediately available.
In Alabama, waters rushed in so fast that residents climbed on top of furniture and waited on rooftops to be rescued, said Reggie Chitwood, deputy director of emergency management in Baldwin County.
"The waters rose at a historical level. ... People had to scramble," Chitwood told CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
In a neighborhood north of Pensacola, a creek overran its banks, inundating homes and forcing residents to retreat to their attics to await rescue, Escambia County spokesman Bill Pearson said.
Rescuers were reaching the residents on state Fish and Wildlife boats and personal watercraft normally used to patrol the county's beaches, he said. The National Guard was also on the way.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that crews had rescued 300 people.[/QUOTE]
SOURCE:[url]http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/us/severe-weather/[/url]
It was bad in Pensacola for me. My sister's house was flooding with up to two to three feet of water in her house.
I've been very lucky to never have had flooding. Or been hit by a hurricane.
Pensacolian here. Yes, it sucks. Power was out for about 15,000 people last night.
Was bad here in Biloxi, MS. Worst rain ever in a while, in my opinion. Not like Pensacola though.
Another Pensacola resident here. I was out in this storm last night, coming home from a business meeting. The manholes along some streets were literally geysers, four or five foot sprays just gushing water all over the roads in addition to the downpour. Luckily I was in a higher vehicle or I never would have made it home. Some of the damage is insane... my heart goes out to those affected by the weather, along with prayers for the deceased.
Went down to St. George for spring break. Hope it wasn't messed up too bad. That place is hella expensive.
Hope my fellow Floridians stay safe.
it's just flat out wet up in Tallahassee (as per usual, though)
this morning I had to make my car into a submarine to get to school, though
I live in Navarre, heavy rain and storms here last night. The flooding in our neighborhood wasn't too bad, our pool over flowed but nothing too severe. However the flooding in the areas around where I live got hit much worse. Hope everyone is faring well!
Was in Pensacola for this for a SkillsUSA thing, man the flooding was bad.
36 hours long thunderstorm. Couldn't sleep at all. On the plus side, you didn't need your lights to see in the dark
Here's a screenshot I took of the Radar off my phone
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eKvfN8c.jpg[/IMG]
It was moving in such a direction that it just never ended. It did cause some roads to end, though. One of the only times I've ever seen purple on weather radar
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UEht0TL.jpg[/IMG]
And it's still raining
Highway 98 all the way through Panama city beach is flooded on the sides. Had to turn my Golf into a submarine to even make it into my apartment complex.
Heard all the phone lines in Destin were down, lan lines and a Verizon tower went down.
Tallahassee ended up clearing out fairly well. No major damage around FSU/downtown it seems. But it was pretty hellish rain last night and this early morning...
I remember how bad the flooding was when I was stationed in Pensacola. Thankfully I lived on the Second Floor, the guys downstairs got shat on.
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