over 6 inches of rain in belmont hills, boulder krecreek, losalt hills. this is what blows my mind, 4 inches of rain in downtown san jose. until we get done with today, we will not be able to tell you whether or not we hit that decade mark, whether or not we've had more rain in a 48-hour period since the past ten years. that's all i'm going to say for now. as we head through the day today, a little bit of thunderstorm activity definitely on the way, especially at the coast. you're fair game for that. as we head throughout tonight, things are going to start to let up but if you want to get over to tahoe and experience that fresh power, i have a couple words of caution for you. i'll let you know the best time as well to beat the crowd. we have the inside scoop, doesn't we, mike? >> we do. i'm going to take two of those words, mine are chain control. kris just talked about that the reroute is much more rigorous. you are forced off the freeway at marsh but from what i understand you're able to get off the roadway but then get back on using the loop that they