It's still summer, but North Bay residents are getting storm ready for this weekend's rain which could bring flooding to some areas. Firefighters say the unusual weather event will temporarily ease fire danger.
Clients like Patrick Tarason got free rain gear, to help him stay dry.In Santa Rosa, a sandbag station on Stony Point Road is now open and ready. Lisa Warren was here hoping to keep the rain away from her house.
"I just had some demolition work done, now there is a slope, I want to put the sandbags near my house," said Warren. "This was just opened today as per the National Weather Service, they expected one to two inches of rain for this weather event," said Lon Peterson, Santa Rosa spokesperson. The Santa Rosa Fire Department is ready for the September storm, with a close eye on burn scar areas from the. Fire officials say the rain won't be enough to get them out of fire season but it will temporarily ease fire danger.
"We expect some flooding and ponding, our eyes will be on scar areas to see how it reacts to this amount of rain," said Santa Rosa Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal.
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