In Your Words: Road Flooding in West Pasco

Reports of road flooding are pouring in as readers note the local effects of Tropical Storm Debby.

The  Pasco County Sheriff's Office has received numerous calls about severe flooding in the West Pasco area. The Pasco County Emergency Operations Center has been activated, "for those citizens who are experiencing flooding and wish to evacuate," according to the Sheriff's Office.

There aren't any mandatory evacuations at this time.

I went out and got a shot of reported flooding on Seven Springs Boulevard. It looks rough, with the street submerged in the area south of the road's intersection with 54, near the flagpole at the entrance to Veterans Village, and vehicles crating large spray in their wake.

Daphne Thorson alerted me to flooding on Sevens Springs Boulevard. She wrote in an email: 

Flooding on Seven Springs Blvd is worse since the county "fixed it" and ruined our drainage. We were promised repair last July - what happened? Pumps are not keeping up with rainfall. The median and sidewalks are under water today and the rain is expected to continue for two more days. Cars are stalling out one after the larger trucks are creating "waves" that are frightening the home owners since the water is getting too close for comfort.

Here's what other folks are saying about driving conditions in West Pasco.

Around 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012

Melissa Krpal of Greenwood Street in New Port Richey writes on her Facebook page that a tornado came through her neighborhood.

She wrote:

"It was the tornado that touched near Gulf High, we watched it come through. It was pretty freaky, all you could see was just white and debris flying every where; watched two transformers explode. We were standing in the living room wondering if was going to turn our way.School Rd is completely flooded (actually right now as I am typing this - yes still sitting in my front living room - two people are kayaking down School Rd), there are two houses that we can see where the roofs were ripped off; thankfully they aren't occupied. All the streets around here are flooded. We are pretty much stuck. Various cops have been driving by and checking on everyone. It is definitely a mess over here."

Her house is OK.

Flora has stranded cars, wake from cars are rolling into peoples homes, also the south part of grand is unusable, my street mosaic off grand in also severe

Seven Springs, Northbound before Oldgate Circle is flooded.

Heath drive in port richey is completely submerged

Mary O'Benar, 7:35 a.m. Monday, June 25, who lives on a section of the Pithlachascotee River on River Ridge Road

Upriver, the water is more than 3 feet higher over normal, and the end of this block is completely underwater. Across the street, one house has a broken window from a big tree limb, and flying debris broke a car windshield. My backyard is full of big ripped up tree limbs. Branches are covering the dock and have crushed part of the chain link fence.

My new neighbors have the saddest damage-- they'd just this week installed a hot tub, very nice screen house and a great deal of privacy fence. The screen enclosure traveled 5 houses before it landed, plus their expensive new fencing is wobbling like a drunken sailor.

Rob Marlowe, who lives across street from Cotee River, 7:22 a.m. Monday, June 25. He has a store downtown.

I live across the street from the Cotee River and we are high and dry.  I'm headed to the store shortly to survey the damage there.

I live across the street from the Cotee River and we are high and dry.  I'm headed to the store shortly to survey the damage there.

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