Flooding plagues Pasco neighborhoods

TRINITY, Fla. - Trinity resident John Crane faced a risky maneuver Monday evening.  "We're going to try to make it to my house," Crane said. "It's another block over."

To get to his driveway in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood, he had to plow through several feet of water without stalling, creating waves that have become his neighbor's worst nightmare.

"It just makes you sick. This is our house," explained Andrea Ainley. "The faster they go, the more wake they create going into the garage."

Despite minimal rainfall in portions of Pasco County throughout the day Monday, several roads closed due to flooding, including the major thoroughfare SR 54. Officials expect road closures to continue throughout the week due to saturated soil and overflowing canals.

"This morning we woke up at 7:30 and the whole thing was flooded," Ainley said, pointing to her front yard, sandbags backed up to her garage and front door.

Thankfully, for Ainley, several Pasco County jail inmates shoveled sand into bags. Beside them, a group of teenage boys decided to pitch in and help.

"My road is completely covered, under water, like my knees, everything, covered," said Kevin Brush.

Brush, 16, and his friends shoveled sand all afternoon. Ty Wetherill, 14, estimates he packed more than a hundred bags for his neighbors to use to protect their homes.

"Other people need this and I don't have anything better to do so I might as well help others," Wetherill said.