The North Bay was one of the first areas to get hit by the storm that rolled in Wednesday.
Many were expecting this system to pack a punch with some forecasts predicting roughly 6 inches of rain and wind gusts of 50 miles per hour. Many have been pleasantly surprised by the lack of wind and rain so far.
As the rain soaked the North Bay, Bryan Humphrey from Santa Rosa was busy filling up sandbags.
“It was not easy. I had heart surgery before so I shouldn’t be doing this kind of stuff,” Humphrey said.
He filled ten bags for himself and his neighbors to make sure the alley to their homes is drivable.
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“The city doesn’t maintain it so I fill the potholes with it,” Humphrey said.
There weren’t too many flooded streets, but some drivers were able to make it through about 3 feet of water on Mark West Station Road.
CHP officers were kept busy with numerous accidents. An elderly driver drove off the road twice in a span of roughly half an hour.