 Tropical Storm Hillary unleashed furious flash floods east and west of Los Angeles on August 20, as the system made its historic arrival in California after barreling through Mexico's Baja California Peninsula with deadly force. Mountain and desert areas could get five to 10 inches of rain, as much as the deserts typically see in a year, forecasters said. In Victorville, one faffer and his mother Monica spent Sunday nervously watching floodwaters inch closer to their home. They decided it was better to be safe than sorry, and left its fate in the hands of Hillary. It sucks to see it go, but lives can't be replaced. Material objects can. And it's better just to replace the house fix whatever gets damaged than risking somebody drowning over something that's avoidable. So safety first, Faffer said, before driving away to spend the night at his sister's place. Mainly being trapped and not being able to get to safer place should something happen, because if this road floods there is no way in or out. Like all that started within an hour or two and then just kept piling up up and the water keeps coming further back up the street and just more and more. All right now we're gonna board up the door so that way trying to reduce as much water going in and just go chill over at my sister's house where they're a lot higher away from all the water. It sucks to see it go, but lives can't be replaced. Material objects can. And it's better just replace the house fix whatever gets damaged than risking somebody drowning over something that's avoidable. So safety first.