Painting with a Twist was already under water when patrons arrived for the final class on Saturday night.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Saturday's storm caused flooding into yards and driveways in several areas of Jacksonville.
San Marco was no exception, with businesses near San Marco Boulevard and La Salle facing several inches of water and nearly impassable roads.
A first coast news The crew saw a family carrying two little girls through knee-deep water.
Car after car would hit the deepest part of the floodwater before the three-point turn rather than risk plowing through and getting stuck.
An artist at Paint with a Twist said water hit their door but didn't get all the way in.
She said they were lucky that even though they offered refunds to customers, almost everyone showed up for the sold-out classes.
“Totally unexpected,” Laura Green said. We survived Hurricane Irma. Our studio is under three feet of water. We do have time to prepare for this. This is definitely not what I thought I would encounter tonight.
The city of Jacksonville is spending about $1 million to build a pumping station on LaSalle Street.
After 18 months of construction, it is expected to be completed around the end of this year.
The project manager said that after groundbreaking, the entire section of the road would eventually be able to be cleared of floodwaters within 30-45 minutes.
