leo stallworth picks up our coverage. >> surfers say that it was a good day to catch waves they expect storm to bring in waves as big as 12 feet as soon as tomorrow. >> looks good today tomorrow supposed pob bigger but messier. >> it's a good-sized wave. it's very humbling. have fun >> ventura county is staffing an ocean rescue team. >> team is equipped to get out and affect a rescue in the ocean several of them can deploy from the helicopters. >> crews are ready to respond to any flooding in communities affected by the fire. >> we're looking at loaders behind me here and we are going to have teams full of -- dump trucks full of sand, sandbags. >> more than a dozen people evacuated homes, crews used bulldozers. this home was red tagged in october. captain says fire crews will be looking for trouble. >> you can have such a better affect when you have people out there, moving and ready to go. >> despite problems people say we need the rain so we've got to take good from the bad. in ventura, abc 7 news >> pg and e says the storm could brutalize the power lines. the command center in fremo