iReporters: Fay's flooding unlike any seen before

(CNN) -- Two days after Tropical Storm Fay first hit Cape Canaveral, Florida, Louise Mills decided to attempt to go to church, having stayed in her condo since it started. That's when she realized she was stranded inside. "As far as we know, we can't leave our condominiums to get to [Florida state road] A1A because the police are blocking it."

Mills was one of many iReporters who shared their photos, video and stories about tropical storm Fay on iReport.com. Mills shared images she took from her third floor window, saying water had already covered their pool. "I see a little canoe going down our road," she says.

Despite being stranded, Mills isn't worried. "I'm up here, I can cook a hamburger, I've got power. I feel very blessed," she says. "I've lived here 43 years and I've never seen anything like it."

That sort of reaction was common among iReporters in Florida. Brad Highwood, a Port St. Lucie, Florida resident since 1998, shared some photos, including a Police Explorer school bus, which was being used to shuttle people back and forth to their homes on Wednesday. "I've been through all of the hurricanes, and this is by far more water damage than we ever got from any of them."

Linda Hargrove of Suntree, Florida, was taken aback by the amount of flooding as well. She says 13 inches of water had to be dumped out of her pool in a 24-hour-period so that it didn't overflow. "I'm a native Floridian and I have never seen this before." iReport.com: Hargrove's neighborhood underwater

Jason Bourdette of Vero Beach, Florida, woke up Wednesday to a fairly dry neighborhood. "When I came home, it was a lake," he says. "It was pretty dramatic." See where iReporters documented the storm »

In Palm Bay, Florida, residents were warned on Wednesday not to leave their homes, according to iReporter Bryan Wynacht. "Anyone not in a four-wheel drive vehicle was abandoning their car." iReport.com: Mail delivery despite flooding

Jessica Blank and her mother drove through the flooded streets of Port St. Lucie on Wednesday. She shared a video of the "tense" scene on iReport.com.

"The water level was so high my mother and I were unsure if we would be able to make it through the water," she says. "The car in front of us stopped in the middle of deep water in the middle of an intersection. This was scary to be stopped in deep waters."

Fay's flooding extended to other parts of Florida on Thursday, bringing wind damage with it. Melissa Smith of DeLand, Florida, observed major damage at her apartment complex. iReport.com: Fay "unleashed" in Brad Highwood's photos

"An oak tree fell near the outer edge of our apartment complex. Thank God there was no damage," she said.

"The parking lot completely flooded in two hours."