hey eric while palm sprins could see anywhere from two to three inches of rain and that doesn t sound like much to some but here across coachella valley it could absolutely be catastrophic it only takes about a half an inch of rain to flood some of the major arteries in and out of this city and actually sweep away a car dpepgding on the low-lying road it s driving through. which is why you ll notice people are not taking the threat of now, tropical storm hilary lightly as i step out of the way here you ll notice there are still people despite the fact that it is already raining and has been all morning long. filling up grabbing as many sand bags as they can to rye to protect their home, of course, their lives from those potentially dangerous flood waters. now, obviously, that sand is more saturated than some would like at this pongt as we expect hilary to really start to pick up here in the afternoon hours here. already more than 60,000 sandbags have been given out