here, to provide expertise and resources because they do so much out in the gulf they wanted to be able to provide that expertise in california, knowing that people here are not accustomed to ever going through anything like this. jason allen, a reporter with cbs newsjoining us from palm springs as a tropical storm hilary moves into the area. thank you so much for your reporting. now let s focus on what s causing these conditions. earlier, i spoke to jamie rhome, deputy director of the us national hurricane centre. thank you so much for being here to help us understand a bit more about this tropical storm, and california has declared a state of emergency. what makes tropical storm hilary so dangerous? you have the situation of a tropical storm moving into southern california. much of the area has a soil that does not handle this much rainfall, let alone this much rainfall over a short period of time so when the rain falls