Swift water and urban rescue teams in Marin County may be busy during the storm battering the region.
InThis time around, flooding may be more widespread and deep since the ground is already thoroughly saturated and tonight's high tide will make things worse says rescue team member Kentfield Fire Department Battalion Chief Dave Glenn. "The tides today are supposed to be 6 foot 2. But with the storm surge. they're saying it could be a foot to a foot-and-a-half higher. The water that runs in the creeks has nowhere to go because it runs into the Bay.
Water rescue happens not just in streams but flooded streets, inundated neighborhoods and creeks overrunning their banks. "Ten or 15 years ago, we had swift water running through the streets… and it was like a river. It was doing so fast down there. The problem with that is there's all kinds of debris flowing down the river of the stream, whatever. The trees, trash cans, the basketball hoops, different stuff like that. So, that stuff is dangerous for the rescuers and the people because we get caught in it. So, we have to look out for that," said Glenn.
Despite all their training when they are in swift water or collapsing buildings. they're in as much danger as the people they're trying to rescue. Yet, they go on and do it.
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