NASSAU, Fla. — Thursday afternoon, the sun was shining in Nassau County. It was a far different story compared to Thursday morning, residents said.
Several homes, including Jerrica Parsons' in Callahan, flooded.
“It’s stressful, very stressful not knowing," Parsons said. "I mean, thankfully we have family and friends who are around here that we can go to, and our landlord is putting ... she’s having new flooring put in, but it’s just very stressful," she said.
According to Parsons, she woke up around 4 a.m. Thursday to her dog licking water off of the floor.
"As soon as I stepped out of bed, and we came out here and checked it out, and you couldn’t tell the difference between the sidewalk and the grass," she said.
The water was up to her ankles. Crews Thursday evening tore out all the carpeting in her home, and tore out some damaged walls.
In Hilliard, a family said around 2:30 a.m., they heard what sounded like a freight train. The woman who lives there said she and her husband grabbed their kids and took shelter in their bathroom.
They're all OK, but the storm severely damaged their home, ripping the porch right off the home and damaging the roof.
Several trees also fell in their yard.