the city of palm springs telling me they've already closed several major arteries. in and out of palm springs that typically are some of the worst actors during any kind of rain event. to not only have people not drive through them we've got barricades in place and in some cases even police officers stationed at each end of those closures to tell people they are really not going to be safe driving through that road. but, of course, as you talk about people that were preparing now, of course, we are in the thick of it here as we're feeling the effects of tropical storm hilary and throughout the weekend it was about that preparation, and what you likely just saw was video of people filling their cars with sand bags as many as they could grab some were limited to about 10 per household but trying to protect their homes with those sand bags protect their families, their livelihoods there. from the potential of this flash-flooding. because all of this not only puddles up in this valley but as it accumulating in the mountains and starts to run down, that's