Major Problems: Homes Flooded, Roads Closed, Power Outages, House Fire (With Photo Gallery)

March 28, 2009

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Up to 15 inches of rain overnight cause major problems in Molino and Cantonment.

At least two homes on Molino Road just east of Highway 29 were flooded. Firemen were called out to rescue several families in the Molino and Cantonment areas this morning from flooded homes, including a family on Pinoak Lane.

Overnight storms resulted in large scale power outages and flooding in and around North Escambia this morning. Lightning started a fire in a Molino home.

Click here for an exclusive NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from Molino this morning.

Rainfall totals, according to radar estimates, ranged from 15 inches near Molino to five inches in Century. The heavy rains led to several road closures. For details on road closures and flooding, click here.

A resident on Barth Lane reported that their house was hit by lightning before 6 Saturday morning. Fire units on scene reported a possible attic fire. There were no injuries.

Power outages were reported in Molino, Century, Walnut Hill and surrounding communities. Portions of Molino were without power until 1:00 this afternoon.

If you have storm damage or flooding reports or photos, email news@northescambia.com

Pictured above: This home on Molino Road was flooded. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

9 Responses to “Major Problems: Homes Flooded, Roads Closed, Power Outages, House Fire (With Photo Gallery)”

  1. Bam on April 3rd, 2009 4:25 pm

    OMG – My friend Glenn used to live there with his family. I bet he’s glad he moved.

  2. Allie on March 28th, 2009 10:02 pm

    i was out in it too. We had a livestock show and i had to get there to feed and check the animals. We went all through Molino, but finally found that quintette was ok to travel through and took it and 95A all the way to Cantonment. (in a disel) Hopelfully we won’t have this type of situation again any time soon, because it was no fun at all!

  3. TD on March 28th, 2009 9:27 pm

    These two houses get flooded every time we get very heavy rains.

  4. margaret on March 28th, 2009 1:19 pm

    I have been following northescambia.com coverage of the storm since 4 this morning. It has been amazing. Every few minutes there are details of what we need to know. The Pensacola New Journal, channel 3, channel 5 —everybody could take lessons from northescambia.com. And they even had pictures. Amazing job!

  5. Elizabeth on March 28th, 2009 11:17 am

    I’m looking at the photo gallery and wondering if people forgot NOAA’s slogan “Turn Around Don’t Drown”

  6. JEFF R PERKINS on March 28th, 2009 9:32 am

    YOU FOLKS DOIN’ A GREAT JOB…NOT EVEN THE RADIO STATIONS ARE ANY HELP TODAY …NORMALLY CAT COUNTRY AND WXBM KEEPS US ADVIZED ON ROAD-CLOSURES , BUT NOT TODAY …I LIVE RIGHT ON BIG ROCK CREEK A HALF MILE WEST OF BECKS LAKE – BIG ROCK CREEK NORMALLY 12-15 FEET WIDE AT MY HOUSE – THIS MORNING IT’S 150 FEET ACROSS AND FLOWING 10-15 MPH….PROBABLY 10-12 FEET DEEP – NORMALLY 14-20 INCHES DEEP….KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK …

  7. Ken Bruner on March 28th, 2009 8:59 am

    dose anyone know if lambert bridge rd has power? right off of pine barron

  8. Kevin Danforth on March 28th, 2009 8:17 am

    Hwy 29 flooded just north of Quintette Rd at Jacks Branch Creek. and South of Quintette Rd in front of the Fruit Stand. We took Barreneau park Rd to Old Palafox south to Hwy 29

  9. Tracy on March 28th, 2009 8:17 am

    Like the idiots that some people can be. I went driving at about 5 this morning. The intersection of Hwy 97 and Hwy 29 was flooded all the way up to Crabtree Church Road. Crabtree was flooding from the ballpark to just south of Tom Thumb. Sunshine Hill Road was flooded north of Crabtree. Molino Road from Sunshine Hill to Hwy 99 was clear and then all way to Tungoil. I finally got home at 7. Pretty stupid HUH.

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