great to see you, my friend. much appreciated. thanks for joining us at home. lots of news at all times going on right now. in california, the monsoon styled brains there have literally 10% of the entire u.s. population living under a flood watch right now. the population of california is so big, that when 90% of californians are under a flood watch, as they are tonight, that is 20% of the whole u.s. population. in this accession of extremely wet storms, the north central coast of california has been particularly hard hit already. now, with additional storms still coming, there are all kinds of california rivers that don t usually flood that are looking out like they are going to flood. these are places where there aren t a lot of flood mitigation systems, because they are rivers that don t usually flood. there is not a lot of local experience with inland flooding with people surviving it, and again, mitigating it. it is bad tonight. a lot of california with more rain and s