Baker County crested at 19.7 feet after rainfall from tropical storm Debby. Throughout the day, people were going back and forth by boat to the 60 homes on the other side of the flooding. One woman wore a life-jacket as she boarded a boat to get to the other side. She was not the only one.
Lisa Hysler, who has lived in the area for 22 years, was impacted by the flooding. “Sunday night was like seven-and-a-half foot, and Monday morning it was like 18 foot," she said.
When asked on how to prepare for this amount of flooding, Hysler said it’s not easy, and she had to prepare prepare all by herself for the tropical storm.
“Got all the vehicles out, we got our camper out, our tractor, everything out, and then Monday we got soaked wet trying to get the camper up here, to down there, and tying everything up in the yard so it wouldn’t float away," said Hysler.
With the weather being so intense, it did not create the most calm feeling for Hysler as she prepared for the rainfall.
“I almost had an anxiety attack because like I said, I got a camper in the backyard that is about to flip into the side, I’m afraid when the river goes down, when the water goes down, the camper is going to be on the side instead of standing up," Hysler said.
One piece of good news: We were told by the Baker’s County Sheriff’s officer the water is flushing out faster than they expected.