GUERNEVILLE — The North Bay is bracing for another rough weekend as the rain is expected to hit the area hard. A huge concern, with the ground still soaked from rain earlier this week.
This year’s storms have already flooded a neighborhood in Guerneville. It’s a mix of mobile homes and cottages and residents have been stacking up the sand bags to try to keep the water away.
“Nobody said every time it rains hard this creek rises and you’re in for a rude awakening,” Charlene Haines said.
It’s a feeling that’s hard for Haines to describe as she waits for back-to-back atmospheric river storms to come through this weekend.
“It’s discomfort, it’s stress,” she said. “I can’t change anything but I have to prepare.”
Preparation will be key. Haines has already lifted her garden onto concrete blocks to keep the plants from being ruined. Inside her storage unit it’s the same thing — trying to get all her belongings as high off the ground as she can.