scratching their heads. they ve evacuated some 1,000 homes near l.a. here s miguel almaguire. reporter: on ridgeview drive the order to evacuate just before the next big storm rolls in. ed, a retiree, has been working around the clock, but now he is out of time. the water will be come over first, and this whole thing will be full of mud. he knows it won t take much for this mountain to slide into his backyard. how worried are you? it s going to happen. we re going to deal with it. we need the rain. we don t want the mess. we ll take the rain. we ll clean up the mess. reporter: only four years ago a winter storm buried a nearby neighborhood in mud after a wildfire torched the foot hills. all of los angeles is on high alert. live team coverage. it took only an inch to make freeways a mess. in southern california nearly 200 accidents. hazmat teams shut down this highway for a fuel spill. on social media tweets like this. nobody owns an umbrella, and nobody know