Flood control efforts at Marin County's Coyote Creek

More than a week ago and start preparing for this. Look at how high the water level already is and you can see just how fast the rain is falling also in the creek there. So, lots of work has been done. We've seen lots of residents with sandbags. This sandbag barrier is stacked all the way around the bend of the creek, too. past where the eye can see all the way down towards the community center. Also, if you're familiar with the area. So, they are bracing for that. We also got the opportunity to speak with Marin County Fire this morning. And they said they have pre-positioned resources in the west part of the county As we get ready to come up on high tide to prepare for the cup. Coupling of high tide and the rainfall to be in the right place already for any potential water rescues, stranded vehicles that might pop up later in the day. Let's talk about that high tide. Of course, we have the Coastal Flood Advisory that's in effect until 4 p.m. this evening. We've been talking to you about that. Our meteorologist team has really been emphasizing that all week long. So what we're expecting to see right around the 1 p.m. hour is an additional foot and a half of water that'll push high tide to 7.3 feet in the San Francisco Bay and our inlet areas. And the high tide, remember, it impacts at least a 90-minute zone around the high tide time of around 1 p.m., so on either end of that, if you're running out to maybe get sandbags in your last moments or go grocery shopping, Highly recommend if you're out here in Marin County, you can use their new feature on their website to put in your route for your home or where you want to go. And it'll overlay all of the hazards, all of the advisory. So you know what you're potentially driving into. Of course, it's recommended to stay home. But if you do need somewhat of those last minute things as we continue to drive the lens for you out here is to make sure that you can see the weather in real time. That's the whole point of us being out here. Now that first coastal flood advisory will be out here. They'll expire at 4 p.m. and then just a couple hours in the evening. Another one will take effect midnight to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Just a little bit of a lull showing you how intense the system is. That is with us. If we can go over to the road as we grab the rain jacket for the camera in the wind, you can see the standing water on the roadways, the flow already coming down here. It's definitely getting close to enough, if not already, it is enough standing water to hydroplane in. You can see the flow coming down. You can already start to see some of the culverts that they have and the rain just coming down sideways, basically, in the wind, in the trees. We will cross our fingers for those folks' trash bins that have just recently been emptied because those are probably going to go rolling here any time as we see the rain coming down on the street. People still out and about driving, hopefully taking it slow as we check in on these vehicles that kind of going around the bridge. This is Flamingo Road in Mill Valley, Tam Valley area in Marin County. If you're somewhat familiar, good job, Tesla, driving pretty slow there. We appreciate that. As the wind picks up just a little bit here, got my back to the rain so you can kind of see how it's coming down a little sideways slanted at us, Garcia. Can I ask you, you've been out there for the better part of the morning. I mean, even before most folks got up. Tell me the story of the rain moving through. Was it raining by the time you got there? And I appreciate the drying of the lens. Like, what's kind of been the rain story where you are? When did it really pick up? Yeah, absolutely. We got up to Marin County about 5 a.m. and I will say the system was moving pretty slow to start this morning. And what we first saw was those weaker, smaller bands that aren't attached to the significant system yet. And that's kind of what started us off in the morning. And we would get these spurts of heavier rainfall for about 20 minutes, maybe a little bit of mist. I will say I drove in from the East Bay this morning. There was like some sprinkles, but it wasn't significant amount at around the 4 a.m. hour and we got up here into the North Bay and then it just kind of started coming off and on until we get 20 minutes spans hi good morning glad you have your hood up yeah And we were just kind of going through the area out here. We checked in at San Rafael. We checked in up here in Mill Valley, just looking at different spots that either the community has always been concerned about. So yeah, I would say 520, we got a really big spurt at 7 a.m. to 730. It was just absolutely torrential downpour while we were doing an interview under an overhang. So that was just kind of like a little taste. And I will say, with this system in particular this weekend, it is ensuring And should be used as a warm-up, as a little taste of what's to come. Because imagine Thanksgiving, Christmas, when we have significant rainfall. And then we couple it with king tides. What you're experiencing right now is just an astronomical tide. So it's going to be even more significant when you get to... The holidays, that's when we have bigger concerns for flooding, so this is the time you should have all your mitigation efforts in where they should be. You should have your sandbags up, you should have your kit ready, and then you can use this rain and this high tide to make adjustments from there because whatever happens now, it's only going to be intensified as we continue through the season, Garcia. And also, I see you have your cute little KTVU rain jacket on. I noticed there's probably a change in the temperatures as well. Are you feeling it?