From your Vantage Point . The turning weather helped. The sunshine allowed the water level to drop. Pan to your right and well show the folks the Highwater Mark was against the tree. Now the creek is back within its banks. Theres evident of flooding in the trees. Earlier this afternoon san jose mayor was helping affected residents with clean up and fielded questions about water officials blaming the flood at the mayors feet. An email shows jim mccann sent an email tuesday alerting city staff about an increase of water flow in the creek that could lead to flooding. There was a response at 3 o six saying she would be back in the office at 5 00 a. M. Water district officials declined an on camera comment and released a statement. The critical information along with our concern that the rock springs area would likely experience high flows between 6 00 to 7 00 was communicated to san jose at 2 47 00 a. M. On tuesday. Theres a lot of temptation for folks to fingerpointing but it has to stop.