Hundreds of cars stuck on flooded roads in Brevard County

But I can't remember the exact time, but when we got the message that Brevard County Schools had called off, we're like, this is snow day. It's like it must be all over the place because nobody's leaving. And then when we got over there, we started to see just how bad it was and why. Because it wasn't just one or two roads like it often is with the floods. This was everything. I know there are some impassable roads, but to get anywhere over there, to get across the bay there. And that's one of the other issues, like Jess was talking about earlier. There's nowhere for the water to go because the St. John's already backed up. That means all the tributaries back in that area that feed that way, well, they're full. And then you also have the Indian River Lagoon, which has been abnormally high because of the king tides. So 10 to 12 inches of rain on top of that, and you can see why there's nowhere for it to go. Because it wasn't like it was flowing through neighborhoods, and some it was, but it's just like raining and sitting there. And so that's the hardest part because it doesn't flow away. It just has to soak in. It's going to take a while. It is going to take a while, and Fox 35's Marlee Capper has been out in Brevard County, out in these elements for all morning long. Now we're in the afternoon, and so we want to go ahead and check in with her as well. Marlee, when we last checked in with you, I know there were still some folks out and about now. What are you seeing out there at this point now that it's afternoon? I've been here since 7 a.m. We've been up pretty early since 5 today making our way to Brevard County and we're here off of the 192 and this is a pretty busy corridor. This is a pretty busy road so a lot of people were impacted and as you can see it's basically like a lake behind me. We're at the corner of West Haven and South John Rhodes Boulevard right in front of me by the sidewalk if you can believe me that it's there. Probably about two Right now it's just kind of sitting, it's kind of pooling, and when these trucks and tow trucks have been coming through, it's kind of created like a wake zone, so needless to say, I've been soaked to my shins for about five hours now, because this water will wash up here onto this little hill, we're parked on the side of a gas station, and that's where we've had the best view of everything. Woo, that came out pretty far. But I want to point out over to my left, what we're seeing is dozens dozens of cars that have been stranded Some people are still in them waiting for tow trucks. Some of these cars, the black, white, and blue one that you can see kind of to the left left, those have been here three or four hours. The red Mustang looks newer to me. So the problem is people have been driving and they think they can make it. And I'm like, if these 12 other cars can't make it, I promise you, you can't make it unless you have a truck. And that's nothing against anybody personally. It's just You don't realize how deep these waters are, and Jessica mentioned this earlier, it only takes about, what, six inches of water to cause some issues with your car, a few more inches and we're creeping into the engine, and then, you know, a foot of water and it has the power, especially when you have these big Mack trucks coming through, to move your car. So, we really, really, really repeat the saying, turn around, don't drown, and it seems super simple, but that reached my feet, there we go, yeah, we're getting a lot of wakes over here, but it seems like a simple saying, but it's just, it's so true, it saves lives, but we're seeing flooding, the Circle K gas station is flooded over here, our gas station is kind of a higher elevation, so we're lucky that we've been able to at least have not super wet, Gas station parking lot garage situation. So we're doing okay. But yeah, it looks like we have some people on ATVs and like a buggy situation. I don't know if they're checking on people. We've had tow truck drivers coming in and out all morning long. They've been working so hard. I saw one this morning that towed a squad car, a police squad car out. The water had gotten up to their tires. So just to paint that picture for you, he was stranded. And this tow truck driver came in shorts and what looked to be flip flops, a total Florida man and rescued the cop within like less than five minutes, quickest tow I've ever seen to be honest with you. But so many people that I've talked to today say that this is the craziest flooding they've ever experienced. I spoke to a woman earlier, 42 years old, born and raised, hello, born and raised in the area and she says even the hurricanes Are not this bad that she's never experienced a level of flooding this bad before so it's super shocking I don't think anybody's surprised is that is the thing because you know like Jessica mentioned, you know Everyone's looking at the radar There was rain that was coming and and to be honest with you Brevard County specifically deals with a lot of flooding whenever we have a weather event raining there's a A few pockets, a few neighborhoods that every rain, they experience some level of flooding, but not to this extent. I know that this isn't the only area that looks like this. Amanda McKenzie is just a few minutes away, and there was a car in one of her live shots that was basically underwater completely, a small sedan. So again, it really kind of paints a picture of what we've been dealing with here today. So I think the moral of the story is turn around, don't drown. If you don't need to leave your house, don't. Obviously, kids had a snow day, which we don't get snow. snow days in Florida, especially once, you know, virtual learning came around the days of having no school because of hurricanes and things were kind of over. So this was a surprise to kiddos. I think it definitely impacted a lot of parents who were potentially already on the way to drop their kids off at school. And then they obviously need to go to work and now they can't. Earlier, about 20 minutes ago, we spoke to some young friends. One of them goes to a school here in Florida, and she was visiting from New Jersey for Halloween. Obviously, this is a very scary representation of Florida. She got the whole Florida weather, baptism, if you will, to kind of see this. And she missed her flight because they got stuck and stranded, and their car is somewhere in a parking lot down this way, and they're hoping that someone can help tow their car soon. They don't know when. So I'm assuming that travel has been impacted. I know my husband, I almost said fiance, my husband's flight today, he has a flight out to South Carolina, it was delayed a little bit, so I think people are seeing a lot of travel delays, whether it's on the highways, so many roads that are shut down, air travel, so I think a lot of people are feeling it today, and I didn't expect this, so I think this was shocking, not surprising, like I said, to the area for what we've been used to, but definitely shocking for people to wake up to this morning. Some people said that since 5 a.m. they've been dealing with floodwaters coming into their house, on their driveway. So I know it's been a long day, and it'll continue to be a long day as people continue to... There we go. As you can see here, what's happening. It's going to continue to be a long day until we can get all of this stuff cleaned up. But again, we're just grateful for all the tow truck drivers, first responders that have been working so hard around the clock this morning to try to get this area cleaned up. It is. I'm assuming it's going to be a while, though, Garrett and Jess, until these cars can be removed. Because like I said, some of them have been there for like five hours. Gosh, yeah, that is going to be a process long after the water goes down. There's no doubt about that. Fox 35's Marlee Capper, we appreciate you joining us live here on Fox Orlando Live. Thank you.