KENT COUNTY, Del.- One of the most striking images was on Hubbard Street in Bowers Beach, which found itself entirely submerged in water even before the tide reached its peak, around 4:15 p.m.
Bowers neighbor, John Jay Rucinski, offered insight into the situation, stating, "It's just a typical thing for us... The water comes up on the road periodically. I mean, it comes up this far; it covers everything, it covers the whole street."
With the threat of flooding looming large, many residents took precaution by relocating their cars to higher ground. However, some worried about other vehicles.
"We're just hoping our boat can make it through," said Willy Trowbridge, who operates the Captain's Lady charter boat.
The Captain's Lady was one of the few boats not taken out of the water, besides the Maggie S Meyers oyster schooner.
Despite flood predictions being possibly worse than Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irene, Trowbridge said he won't panic unless there's talk of something akin to what he calls 'The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962.'
"We actually lost 5 lives down here in Bowers. Some kids were swept away with the floodwaters. It came in so fast they couldn't get out," he recalled.
Many community members said they are thankful for the absence of a full moon this weekend, which they believe would have exacerbated the aggressive tides.
The Bowers Beach Fire Company urges people not to risk driving through standing water.
