VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Pungo area of Virginia Beach is no stranger to flooding on the roads, but WAVY 10’s team of meteorologists said the last time Back Bay dealt with water this deep was in early July.

10 On Your Side saw stretches of water covering all lanes, especially on Pungo Ferry Road Friday morning. Some drivers tested their luck, while others played it smart and turned around. As the old adage goes, “Turn around, don’t drown.“

Local marinas had water go up to the parking lot. At West Neck Marina, WAVY’s Nick Broadway found Ethan Windish getting ready for a weekend of jet skiing. He still wondered if the edge of Debby might impact his trip.

“We’re going up to Lake Gaston,” Windish said. “The storm is really… ‘Oh, is it even going to be worth it, is it going to be stormy and we’re going to get hit by this hurricane? Can we even make it up there?’ But, you know, it’s not even raining right now. It’s clear skies. So hopefully clear skies ahead.”

For emergency management crews in the city, they consider this to be the typical ponding they experience after a storm. They are happy the city dodged a lot of the major flooding concerns so far. But crews are still prepared to respond if things get out of hand.

“We always love it when we miss a storm,” said Andy Booden with the Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Management. “But the pre-planning that we do is ten fold in the effects of how we can get through this quickly and easily.”