Coastal residents prepare for Hurricane Michael

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (WOGX FOX 51) - People in one neighborhood say it floods every time there's a hurricane. Now, it's all about people in the community helping each other make it through Hurricane Michael.

“The last one we got, that whole front part was flooded, so you couldn't see our flower bed,” said Kimberly Burke, who lives on the street.

With hurricane Michael about to hit Florida, Burke and her family are taking no chances. “It's craziness,” she said, “it's craziness.”

Burke and her husband spent the morning between their street and the Crystal River Fire Department, one of the county's sandbag locations. “We do our house first, then we start going down the neighborhood,” she said.

They filled dozens of sandbags, then drove them back to their street. Their neighbors said it's a godsend.

“I live in a wonderful neighborhood,” said Gloria Driscoll, who lives next door, “I have great neighbors, they take real good care of me.”

The street is near a golf course. People say first the course floods, then their street floods.

“They take care of each of us. We have several elderly folks, and everyone pitches in and helps each other,” Driscoll said.

Once the sandbags are in place, it becomes a waiting game to see whether or not they've prepared enough.