Small creek flooding and also have a Coastal Flood Advisory from 4 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Because of the already salt rated ground and ocean swell and runoff, flooding of lowlying areas near the shore is a possibility. We have a High Surf Advisory until 6 00 tomorrow evening. Wave heights have been growing, westerly ocean swell, 15 to 18 feet, large breakers and unpredibl act wave action, all of those are possible. The focus is on the incoming storm. More on that later. Spencer, thank you. Crews used a chain saw to chop up a giant tree limb that came down on two cars in belvedere. Arborists say because of the drought the trees suck up as much water as they can but the branches get too heavy for the trunk to support. Lets go live to petaloma to see what else is risk. Reporter were reaching an interesting balance point. Everyone wants the drought to end. Water runs off the soil into the reservoirs but theres a risk. If it gets too saturated and we get too much rain, we get floods and mudslides. In mare rinne and sonoma, we have seen worse. But todays rain produced more than a few pockets of problems. One tree falling on one power line caused hundreds of people to lose electricity for hours beginning at 5 00 a. M. Its always inconvenient when the power is out. Reporter what are you doing . We have a generator. Reporter one of the few. One of the few, yeah. Reporter if you live along rivers or streams, take notice when the reassurance gurgle becomes a roar. More rain is in the forecast. The chief engineer, in this control room they look at runoff into water ways. How is that rain going to come . Is it going to have one of these big atmospheric rivers where we get more moderate rain storms with breaks in between. This would be a focal point, retailing wall holding up a retagged house. It began collapsing last weekend and continues to move on narrow terrace. Worried not only how it might block access to 300 homes but a worst scenario. If it comes through here, theres a house below us it could go down on. This could knock off a whole neighborhood. It could take some houses out, yes. All about the what ifs in an el nino, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. The rain is especially dangerous where the butte fire charred acres. Mudslides are a risk and fire survivors say its one more obstacle thrown their way. That snow and ice and mud and weve gotten stuck a few times in our own driveway. You know what i mean. So far the hills remained in place but its still early in the rainy season. In Southern California crews are keeping their eyes on a 1200 acre area that burned on christmas night. It remained stable despite heavy rain. They did have a muddy problem on 101. The median became clogged with mud and muck and workers spends the day digging it out. Abc 7 news was in marin county as drivers were dealing with flooded roads there and at high tide the ride outside mill valley flooded again here. This mans car stalled in floodwater on baskin avenue. They both responded to help get him out of the water safely while public works crews cleared the drains. One San Jose Community is worried they are particularly vulnerable, people were promised a new pump station year ago but it wont be ready until 2018. Their proximity makes them prone to flooding. Chris . Reporter good evening, it was vulnerable because it sits below the San Francisco bay. We spoke about the plan in place and whether enough is being done. Known as the lowest point in the bay area, some parts sit 13 feet below sea level. A lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. Reporter tony santos lived here his entire life and worried whether officials are prepared to keep people safe. In 1983 a devastating el nino storm left them under 8 feet of water. He remembers it as if it were yesterday. Watching peoples personal belongings floating down the street and cars floating down the street. Something like you see on the news, you never think it will hit home until you live out here and it hit home. The city is working to fast track a pump station to replace the gold street station built in the 70s, funding is available but permits need to be approved at the state level. Its looking like the project wont be completed until 2018. Im committed to doing everything we can to put people in place and put resources in place and try to protect the residents and were prepared for the worst. Three portable water pumps and will add more if needed. Crews have been told to check the storm drains and additional equipment will be put to use. Were at the bottom of the funnel, no matter what what happens upstream comes downstream. We always catch the brunt of the misery. Residents hoping to avoid a repeat of the events of 1983. Abc 7 news. To track the weather on the go, download abc 7 news and our app and it will push alerts for notifications and Severe Weather alerts. A brazen daytime shooting in downtown oakland leaves an innocent bystander wounded. You can see a man caught on Surveillance Video pull his gun and open fire. One bullet hit a woman pushing a baby stroller. This happened as city council is considering a new law preventing more guns on the street. Laura . Reporter it played out on a busy oakland street, broadway in the middle of the morning. A discussion turns violent as the man in the tan hoody pulls out a gun and shoots three times. One shot hit a female bystander a half block away. Heard the shot, a young lady was standing right there with the baby in the stroller. Reporter she had just gotten off the bus when a woman was shot right on the sidewalk in front of her. She helped that woman inside a fast food restaurant. They gave me a bunch of cold cloths to apply pressure. I guess it hit a artery because it was bleeding to bad to be grazed. I applied something around her arm really tight to stop it and felt the bullet myself and held it down until the Fire Department and ambulance got here. An oakland Business Owner says it shows the suspect inside his store moments before the shooting. Unfortunately during the shooting an innocent bystander was struck by one of the rounds. Meeldly rushed to the local hospital where shes listed in stable condition. The shooting happened across the street from Oakland City Hall where they consider a proposal to consider locks or boxes for guns in cars and homes. It is just another in a long string of tragicry minders that we have to do better on gun violence. We need to make sure laws is stricter because innocent bystanders are getting killed, hit. Police recovered a handgun but still looking for this man who fired on a busy walk in the middle of the day. President obama made a major announcement, taking executive action to address gun violence. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. The president wiped away tears when talking about victims of sandy hook. At 6 30, youll hear how local gun shops and gun violence victims reacted. Technology funded by a by area company could improve gun safety nationwide nks and next, treatment versus punishment, the controversy that some want to see built in San Francisco. The details on the investigation into how this judge turned down a bid to stop the nfl from working on a youth soccer field. That means work can continue until the parties return to court which is on monday. The field is right next to leaf vi stadium and the nfrl nfl is using it for security for the football. What makes this so important . Live in santa clara with an explanation for us. David . Reporter well, just as some baseball fields and football stadiums are considered better than others, so it is with soccer fields. At least according to some parents concerned about the safety of their kids. Thats why theyve been fighting over this soccer field. Rows and rows of plastic covering are being laid on the Kentucky Blue grass soccer field next to levi stadium. That will support facilities for the media and security personnel and production staff for super bowl 50. But this is their field. All of that water is probably pooling underneath those plastic boards and the cause of that is going to be either generation of bacteria that will kill the grass or the grass will drown because its underneath boards. Reporter the leagues attorney has gone to court twice. Soccer dad and architect Roberto Mendoza says theres no field like this for safety. His daughter is a high Level College soccer prospect. We played all types of different fields and fields in such disrepair and cratered. Theres a lot of injuries that come because of poorly maintained fields. Thats why he and other parents are concerned about replacement fields. Santa clara had been invited to host the state cup tournament starting this weekend. You have kids worked so hard to get to a point to play in this competition and now its in jeopardy. I mean, i hope they dont have to forfeit their game. We have some discussions ongoing. Santa clara City Attorney says efforts to find replacement fields are still underway is so is the work on the super bowl facilities. In santa clara, abc 7 news. Some powerful voices in San Francisco are urging us to toss out the crime and punishment approach in favor of crime and treatment. Today political leaders unveiled specific plans for Behavioral Health center aimed at reducing crime. Kristin . A San FranciscoDistrict Attorney unveiled the proposal with this tweet, look at almost any corner in San Francisco, we have a Mental Health crisis and they deserve relief. Followed up with a News Conference together with supervisors, along with professors from stanford and us santa cruz, proposing they build a state of the art mental Health Center after supervisors voted down a proposal to build a new jail next to the hall of justice to replace part of the current jail even though the state granted the city 80 million to build it. The proposed behavior all Health Center would screen those accused of a crime for Mental Health issues, offer behavior modification programs and provide housing for inmates and patients who need more care and ultimately keep people from going back into the criminal justice system. We believe that when there is a problem of Mental Health, putting the person in jail is not only not going to address that problem, it will actually make things worse. The supervisors and da says this behavioral treatment model worked well for miami. Statistics show 80 of police calls in the city involve Mental Health issues. They say thats why the need is dire. Theres a vote next tuesday on putting together a working group to identify potential sites and funding and concern. Dan . Thanks very much. Despite the recent rain california has a long way to go to get out of the drought and were not saving enough water either. Water officials released novembers use number showing california once again missed the 25 conservation mandate set by the governor. From june to november through the cumulative statewide reduction, however was 26 . All of this snow will certainly help the water supply. You can see it coming down hard today from the tahoe camera. Look at that. This feels like an epic snow year, it is pretty much on track. The central sierra, which includes tahoe is at 107 of average but we will take all of the snow we can get. All good news, we may have a long way to go in terms of drought but at least we have a positive trend. And more of that rain coming our way. Thats true, more rain coming our way and more snow coming to the sierra. We had a pretty good drenching of rain earlier today. Not much is happening at the moment. The next storm is closing in on us. Heres a live view from the southeast camera looking on the bay bridge and this is forecast features, the next storm arriving tomorrow morning, rainy and windy for the morning commute. Real will messy. Its probably going to be quite give yourself a lot of time. Well see a possibility of areas of flooding. Now our next storm ranks three on our storm impact scale. It will be a strong storm and heaviest rain in the Morning Hours but more rain to follow later in the day, flooding of low lying areas is a possibility as well mudslides be possible along with the storm. Starting the forecast at 10 00 tonight, well see spots of shower activity, lingering from todays storm but then 3 00 tomorrow morning or earlier, well see widespread rain having developed with the next storm. It will be moderate to heavy for much of the bay area, even at that hour and 5 00 tomorrow morning, 4 00, as the morning commute begins, well see still widespread areas of rain, moderate to heavy in some spots and light in others. The main body of the storm will be pushing eastward and away from the bay area by 5 00 tomorrow morning but still a mess for morning commuters because we have wave after wave of rain following the main body of the storm and that will continue until midday before we see the rain breaking up into pockets of rain and scattered showers and late tomorrow night, quite a bit of wet weather left and 10 00, were forecasting the rainfall totals will be reaching around a quarter inch in fair field and napa and over an inch in novato the bay area. Storm impact scale, number one on thursday, a weaker storm, but any rainfall on top of already saturated ground in the heavy rain from the first two storms this week could produce a possibility of flooding. Overnight lows under stormy conditions early tomorrow morning when temperatures tend to reach the lowest point, well see lows generally in the mid to upper 40s, rainy and windy conditions and tomorrow afternoon, rain will be scattered about the bay area. There may be breaks. Brighter break as we head this afternoon, highs tomorrow in the low to mid50s. A number three ranked storm tomorrow. Strong storm followed by a light storm on thursday ranking number one. Slight chance of rain on friday. Chance of rain again on saturday, sunny break on sunday. We can use it by then, another chance of rain again on monday. The pattern continues to be mostly wet. Good pattern. We like it. As the next storm moves in, watch the abc 7 news tomorrow starting at 4 30. Well have the very latest on the soggy morning commute. Tune in by state right here, how this 1yearold dog ended up with broken bones. Lois pricese. [ifrom Grocery Outlet. Hi, its. The rest of us hey there. Hi hey. 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It very well may not be an important fact. Until we close that gap, we dont know for sure. Authorities are looking for information or Surveillance Video that will help them close the gap between 12 59 and 1 17 on the afternoon of december 2nd. They say the whereabouts have been accounted for excepts for the 18 minute window. Two people accused of killing a tech enprenewer made their first court appearance. She said they were breaking into cars last tuesday morning, thats when neil was shot in his car. The judge set their preliminary hearing for january 20th. Gand letter went to vegas to set up a social media platform for the Consumer Electronics show now under way. Jurors are now deciding the fate of the San Francisco man accused of ordering the killing of a chinatown leader and conspireing to kill a rival. The defense maintains hes innocent and jury received the case this afternoon. Well stay on top of all of the deliberations. A major announcement from president obama, revealed a series of executive orders to stop gun violence. Its a topic that hits close to home ahead. Our Team Coverage continues with how technology funded by a Bay Area Company can be used to make guns safer. Plus, this is really about whether our clients doctor is allowed to do his job. The battle over womens contraception in a San Francisco courtroom today. And we love to see the weather where you live, like this video of the rain captured in lafayette this morning. When you see unusual weather, take a photo or video and share it with us life. Is unpredictable. Life is deaths. And births. Sickness and health. Love and heartbreak. And covered california is there for it all. Not just to help keep you well. But to make sure the cost of being unwell doesnt ruin this whole life thing. Because its more than just health care. Its life care. Not getting your best sleep . Could be youve got the wrong bed. Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Find the lowest prices of the season, going on now. Save 600 on the 1 rated i8 bed. Only at a sleep number store. Great change comes from doing the right thing. Like the radical idea that health isnt an industry. Its a cause. So we do things differently. We combine care and coverage. And believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. So forgive us for not going with the flow. We just think the flow should go with us. Which makes us rebels with one cause. Your health. Thats why were here today. Not to debate the last mass shooting but to do something to try to prevent the next one. Series of executive actions was announced by president obama today with one goal, to reduce gun violence. At one point during his speech the president shed tears when talking about the children who died in the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. He announced several steps hes taking with executive orders which include expanded background checks for gun buyers and sellers and more fbi and atf agents to conduct checks. Any action that requires funding must get approval of congress. Some republicans were quick to counter the president s plan. President obama is once again going to use his power. On my first day behind that desk, those orders are gone. The National RifleAssociation Says none of the president s actions would have prevented any of the recent mass shootings. As you would expect a lot of local reaction to the president s speech today. Theres a great divide on the topic of guns. Heres two very different views. Reporter just like the president Shawn Richard wept when he saw mr. Obamas nationwide address on guns. I started crying, tears rolled down my money. Reporter his brother, tracy, 20 years old, shot in 1995 and a 19yearold also murdered four years later. Both victims of gun violence. After that, richard created brothers against guns to try to curb street violence. He supports what the president is trying to do. Like he said, you know, were not trying to take away your guns but making it harder for folks to get access to the guns. Michael kraus also saw mr. Obamas speech, an excop, licensed gun dealer for 45 years who owns this antique weapons show in san mateo, he says california has one of the strictest in the nation, among those prohibited from buying guns felons and those who suffer from mental illness. Crouse says the system doesnt always work. The shrinks and Psychiatric Community dont do their Due Diligence to let the proper authorities know that these people are imbalanced to the point of doing what they do. Crouse believes the president wont be able to achieve what he set out to do. If it saves one life, its worth it. I get that and believe it. But in california this is almost meaningless. One of the guests at the white house today for the president s speech was the head of a Bay Area Foundation that funds gun safety technology. Abc 7 News ReporterJonathan Bloom continues our Team Coverage with more on the innovations the president is asking for and how they could help. Thank you. Reporter among those cheering was margo hirsh. I was very excited. We had not anticipated this announcement. Ahead of smart tech challenges, knew he would discuss if we can set it up so you cant unlock your phone without the right fingerprint, why cant we do the same with guns. The fingerprint scanner is located around the natural grip line. Once athenty indicated it unlocks. The head of the company was inspired by fiction, that cool little gizmo that gave james bond. Is that possible . Xbl in the movie it saves 007s life. Good luck with that. But in reality is could save many more, preventing two of the most common tragedies involving guns. A child couldnt fire it and kill themselves or another loved one in the case of suicides, a large percentage of those suicides are committed with someone elses gun. Its built as a retrofit for existing guns and so is another device, trigger smart. You dont authentic indicate on a fingerprint, its a token like a braes let or ring. Blocking mechanism and now the gun is ready to fire. Reporter it might be good for law enforcement. Police officers would be wearing gloves, dont have time to rip off a glove and authorize a gun. Reporter with the president s announcement, you may see the federal government buying these technologies. If a child cant open a bottle of as prip, we should make sure they cant pull the trigger on a gun, right . Begun stocks rose substantially today hours after president obamas announcement. Investors are expecting a surge in firearm sales and smith and wes on finished up 11 and ruger 11 . The rest of the stocks on wall street were mixed one day after the dows worst start to a year since 2008. Today the dow finished up under ten pointsz, s p 500 up slightly, tech stocks didnt fair as well, finished down nearly 12 points. The Alameda City Council will consider ordinances to ease the rental crisis. But the coalitions they dont go far enough. Alameda is a strong town and has a reputation for community and families. And this kind of high turnover of tenants is something that would real little erode the basic values of the town. The meeting is expected to draut a large crowd. Its been moved from city hall to alameda high school. Two people were arrested at last months meeting. San franciscos oldest art store is expanding into the east bay. Flax art and design is closing its colorful Flagship Store to make way for new condos. They recently opened a new store at fort mason and plans to open along mlk junior way in oakland. They began business during the depression nks a judge denied a womans request to get her tubes tied at the catholic hospital. The aclus lawsuit against dignity health. The San Francisco bay company runs the center in reading which operates they believe they are violating California Law by choosing who gets to take the procedure. Some allowing tubal ligation but telling other women that their doctors arent allowed to perform the tubal ligation based on hospitals religious views. A spokeswomen a request will allow dignity help to allow to operate with the ethical and director for Catholic Health services. Keep in mind the deadline to have Health Insurance comes at the end of the month. Michael finney focuses on one local county with a High Percentage of the uninsured people. Next on abc 7 news, the new treatment for lice that doesnt use chemicals, j it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Increasing numbers of families in the bay area are turning to a powerful technology to kill lice without chemicals. Eric thomas explains how it works. Reporter if you strolt by the salon, you might think this young man is getting his hair cut. Hes actually getting it clean of head lice. Theres an adult lous right there. A professional lice liquid alter. She treats kids and their families with a technology designed to destroy head lice in a single treatment. A lot of parents are too busy, they want it over and done with and we take care of it about an hour to 90 minutes. Instead of lice killing shampoo this relies on heat, delivered with an fda approved device called air allay, once the lice and nits are spotted, it is applied all over the scalp. Thats how long it takes to dehydrate and kill the bugs. She says the pests are also commonly spread on playgrounds and during sleepovers. Some families go through two or three rounds of shampoo treatments trying to get rid of them. Ive got exposure letters from school but never did i expect my sun would got it. When her son was diagnosed, the time involved in treating her entire family herself seemed overwhelming. I was going to sit there and comb through this hair for an hour to two hours this morning. Reporter instead she found nitcy on google, now offering the heat treatment. After the heating and comb out, she applies a silly cone oil designed to suffocate any survivors. It is guaranteed for three weeks, enough time in most cases to make sure the lice are gone for good. They go home and thats it, they can forget about the problem. In sunnyvale, abc 7 news. They examine each Family Member and it costs between 150 and 195 per person. One of the richest countries in the counties in the nation is home to a Community High on the list of people without Health Insurance. Part of marin grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i estimates show that one marin county neighborhood has the highest number of uninsured. Marin counties is one of the richest in the nation, why the high number of uninsured and what can be done about it . 21yearold cant keep his trunk shut without the help after i hanger, resulting from an auto accident that sent him to the emergency room. I still have a little bit of pain but it was a little scare. Reporter on that day, he didnt have Health Insurance. The total premium 345. Reporter on this day in the office of Wesley Ka Dell to enroll in cover california. Families face a penalty of 695 per person or 2. 5 of their income. He paid before but wants to avoid again. No point paying a tax penalty for something i should have anyway. Those eligible are without insurance, thats the highest of any neighborhood in the bay area. Which ranges from San Francisco at 3. 2 to con tra costa at 5. 1 . Ka dell knows firsthand what its like to be without Health Insurance. His family of six children were without for a year. The difficulties of us being uninsured, we didnt know if we would have an incident come up and pay outofpocket. Federally subsid sized clinic there are four Staff Members that provide free assistance in enroll in cover california. There are pockets of great need and almost 27 of our residents live below selfsufficiency. By like youilingual assista available but not enough. In the last two years, they enrolled 15,000 people into medical under the Affordable Care act and another 12,000 have enrolled into cover california. Now to see my reports online, abc7news. Com and select 7 on your side. Thank you very much. Experts say they have new evidence that two of the most dangerous earthquake faults in the bay area are connected. Were talking about the hey ward fault and rogers creek fault. If a earthquake ruptured both, it could result in a stronger earthquake than local ma prieta. We have a little break right now, our next storm is closing in. There it is, moving closer to the coastline as we speak. Before it arrives, rainfall totals from the last 24 hours, nearly 2. 5 inches over san rafael. Over 1. 5 in mount saint tomorrows storm, the entire state will get wet weather. Snow in the sierra, thats good news. After the heaviest rains weaken after the Morning Hours, well see an afternoon of scattered showers and periods of rain with high temperatures mainly in the mid50s and heres the accuweather 7day forecast. Tomorrows storm will rank three on the storm impact scale followed by a weaker storm on thursday. Looks like the only sunny break well get is on sunday as this wet active period continues. Well take it. And the help wanted sign out there. Yes, urgent. Candidates are lining up for the niners job. Might a former niner. Good evening, after the one year jimmy t. Disaster, the 49ers need a head coach to restore credibility. The niners interviewed mike shanihan last year and bypassed him and talking to him again. The two time super bowl champion was reportedly set to meet with the 49ers in new york tomorrow. That meeting is on hold now but they are going to talk on the phone, shanahan was let go after the 2013 season and in the mix with the Miami Dolphins right now. Ties to the niners, offensive coordinator for steve young and company on the last Super Bowl Team of the niners in 1995. Shanahan might like more control then they would prefer. Shawn payton a better fit and the saints will want compensation. Everybody is away how significant this hire is. We didnt get this one right. We need to make sure we get next one right and we learn from this season. But here are the scary numbers. If you go back to when john york fired steve when he was watching joe millionaire, remember that show . Look at the records since then. Combined to post a record of 5193. The only winner yorks have hired, jim harbaugh, 44, 19 and 1 and thats the guy they got rid of. Is there a head coach that could resurrect the career of kaeperni kaepernick. If the niners have to pay him because of a litany of injuries, maybe you salvage him and try to keep him. Kaepernick flew to colorado for a followup exam on the Left Shoulder where he had a labrum tear repaired in november. Has an issue with his right thumb. Been diagnosed with a torn ligament in my thumb. Its been recommended surgery, im going to get a Second Opinion in veil this week and get confirmation on whether ill need surgery or in the. Cap injured his thumb on october 22nd. If surgery is needed, hell have it done in vail. Whats the prognosis sis on this injury . Well get it fixed as soon as possible and they havent given me specific dates as far as how long it will be. If kap cant pass an physical by october first, his base salary is guaranteed but not an issue if hes traded. Its not a date im concerned with. I feel like im going to be playing football regardless of april 1st, april 2nd, do everything i can to be healthy. The general feeling was kap will be traded but now a new head coach could decide to keep him. Is he concerned about his future . Im under contract, im a 49er, doing everything i can to make sure im prepared for next season. Would he prefer a fresh start elsewhere . Once again, im preparing to be healthy and win the super bowl. Thats all my focus is. This does not sound like a guy expected to be traded as he looks forward to his new head coach. Im confident in the players in this locker room and that we have the players here to succeed. Were doing everything we can to do our part to make sure we have a winning team. Stay tuned. Abc 7 sports. College football news, cals best receiver will give up his senior year to join his quarterback in the nfl draft. He had 52 receptions and 13 touchdowns and project the as a second or third round pick. California is losing everybody on offense. Austin hooper announced hes going pro, giving up final two years of college eligibility. Six td catches this season, could be a second or third round pick as well. Abc 7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. Join us tonight at 9 00 on cable channel 13. Things are shaking in north korea but seismologists are not sure if it was a quake or nuclear test. A terrifying wakeup call at the south bay sorority house. Finding a criminal in her room. Muppets at 9 00 and shark tank and beyond the tank at 10 00. Followed by abc 7 news at 11 00. From all of us, we appreciate your time. Well see you a little bit later. Grow old with me let us share what we see just you and i grow old with me let us share what we see and oh the best it could be just you and i this is jeopardy todays contestants are an engineer from knoxville, tennessee. A legal secretary from san diego, california. And our returning champion, a Customer Service representative from new bern, north carolina. Whose 1day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ applause ] thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. I hope now that a lot of the holiday festivities are over, all of you are settling into and adjusting to the new year. Alex and steve, nice to have you with us today. Terry, good to have you back with us. Lets go to work, shall we, in the jeopardy round . Today, one daily double in one of these categories. First off. Next. Not hodge podge. Followed by. And finally. Each correct response will be in letter word form. Ill give you an example tshirt. A letter followed by a word. Terry, off you go. Uh, ill start with downright beastly for 200. Terry. What is a walrus . Thats it. Uh, downright beastly, 400. Terry. What is the rat race . Rat race, yes