all hands on what has become a treacherous, slippery deck. i m not worried about our house. it s not going to go - anywhere, and it s safe. and it sjust everybody else, and all the. - you know, i mean, if we don t protect the road, we re - going to lose more of the road here people can t get out. i you can see the impact of the heavy deluges here. this road has been completely cut off. people cannot access their homes. the rains have now started again, after brief period of respite, and there is concern that more is going to come down. the threat of mudslides means they need to move quickly. the next stop is steve s house. that was a pretty hairy drive, by my standards. so this tree i planted 26 years ago. it was this tall, and it s the only tree to survive this. the whole thing just slid down. this is about 200 feet wide. you kind of get overwhelmed with a series of emotional things, which go from hope to pride
rain is the last thing people here need, and yet it keeps coming. widespread flooding is getting worse and roads are disintegrating. emergency services could only watch as this one collapses into the valley below. we joined the santa barbara bucket brigade, a local volunteer force formed after a mudslide killed 23 people here five years ago. what happened here? this is the road to my mom s house. she can t get home, so we ve got a big rock to clear out. all hands on what has become a treacherous, slippery deck. i m not worried about our house. it s not going to go - anywhere, and it s safe. and it sjust everybody else, and all the. - you know, i mean, if we don t protect the road, we re - going to lose more of the road here people can t get out. i you can see the impact of the heavy deluges here. this road has been completely cut off.
reason become emotional. so yeah, we re safe, we re surviving, and we ll just keep going forward. across california, after three weeks of almost continuous, catastrophic downpours, rain is the last thing people here need, and yet it keeps coming. widespread flooding is getting worse and roads are disintegrating. emergency services can only watch as this one collapses into the valley below. we joined the santa barbara bucket brigade, a local volunteerforce formed after a mudslide killed 23 people here five years ago. what s happened here? this is the road to my mom s house. she can t get home, so we ve got a big rock to clear out. all hands on what has become a treacherous, slippery deck. i m not worried about our house. it s not going to go - anywhere, and it s safe. and it sjust everybody else, and all the. - you know, i mean, if we don t
into the valley below. we joined the santa barbara bucket brigade, a local volunteerforce formed after a mudslide killed 23 people here five years ago. what s happened here? this is the road to my mom s house. she can t get home, so we ve got a big rock to clear out. all hands on what has become a treacherous, slippery deck. i m not worried about our house. it s not going to go - anywhere, and it s safe. and it sjust everybody else, and all the. - you know, i mean, if we don t protect the road, we re - going to lose more of the road here people can t get out. i you can see the impact of the heavy deluges here. this road has been completely cut off. people cannot access their homes. the rains have now started again after brief period of respite, and there is concern that more is going to come down. the threat of mudslides means