rob kurts is the editor of "huffington post"s small business.nd carol roth is author of the book "the intrapreneur equation." good to see you guys. >> you, too, j.j. >> it's fun to watched dogs have a birthday party. >> actually, i want to move in there. that's nicer than most of the places i stay at. >> it looked nicer than my last vacation. >> there's a starbucks on every corner. here in new york there's a small market on every corner. this, you want to get it close enough so that can you take advantage of the scales, but far enough that you are not cannibalizing yourself. they seem to do it right. >> i think this was a great piece, and you have to do your homework. they did an study, and what they did first was build a business that people were willing to travel to already. until you have that model perfected. th , there is no use for expansion. >> and cannibalization is one of the interesting thing, because people say if i open another one, it will take away from my business. if you are doing something well, somebody else is going to come in

kurt sklar, >>vicki: rob fladeboe shows what those flood waters. >> this robert looks more like a lake take a look is back off on the this river -- this san lorenzo valley. having its way on the beach in front of the boardwalk. you can see no where near the top of the sea wall but there are concerns that it could undermine the seawall and cause damage. right now, that work that we showed you, earlier is all for naught. this was earlier, the heavy equipment working feverishly to build a dam across the waterway to keep the water from flowing north. they had some success with that. on thursday, they put it back unoriginal course. the latest storm and now, this. this high tide at 7:00 p.m. is not helping the situation. once this goes back out will get a better sense of what is going on. we will have to go back to the drawing board. >>vicki: fire officials say a downtown fire and explosion blew a manhole cover in the air at 10:00 a.m. at the intersection of california/grant. police arrived on the scene, and diverted traffic and. >> the original call was some type of explosion. it forced the