Fortunately, we are in the flats of La Canada and far from the hills and the mud slide danger.

We have a clogged drain in my driveway and earlier in the week after just the first rain storm, I had to sweep the water in order to divert to another drain.  I asked a certain someone at my home to get some sandbags or to clear the drain.  Well that someone picked up the sandbags, but didn't bother to get the sand; filled the bags with our fireplace wood and called it a day.