as county public works director steve ledderer looked around, he described this as the worst damage so far. >> it's probably in the $3 million to $5 million range. >> reporter: you're looking at a massive mudslide that has already taken part of redwood road, collapsed into redwood creek and threatens a home below. for now they call this area stabilized. when napa county declared its state of emergency this morning, it had to do with infrastructure damage like this, knowing more is likely to follow. >> today at the moment it doesn't look like this rain will have the impact we had earlier, but because everything is so saturated, even a small amount of rain will probably still cause additional small slides. will probably still bring trees down. >> reporter: steve ledderer does not plan on having a day off this weekend or any time soon. he also says the experiences and all of the previous disasters here in napa county have made maybe this county more prepared for dealing with what's to come than any other county. he'd just like to get some sleep this weekend. they don't know what's coming.

as county public works director steve ledderer looked around, he described this as the worst damage so far. >> it's probably in the $3 to $5 million range. >> reporter: you're looking at a massive mudslide which threatens a home below. for now they call this area stabilized. when napa county declared its state of emergency this morning, it had to do with infrastructure damage like this, knowing more is likely to follow. >> today at the moment it doesn't look like this rain is going to have the impact that we had earlier, but because everything is so saturated, even a small amount of rain will probably still cause additional small slides. will probably still bring trees down. >> reporter: steve ledderer does not plan on having a day off this weekend or any time soon. put simply, declaring a state of emergency allows napa county to get aid from local agencies, from other counties and from the state and federal government. once again by declaring the state of emergency early, that expedites the process later on when they need the money and they get people to help. live in napa, in napa co