Man stuck in flooded car in Mill Valley

Exposing that because this is a picture we really haven't seen before and I am wondering if there is anyone inside this vehicle. We talked a minute ago about how we spoke with the CHP at the end of last week about the importance of being safe, not driving through standing water. And here it appears that there is a vehicle. Clearly you can see as easily as I can. Looks like the windshield wipers are on. I don't know if anyone is inside. And I don't know if there is any helicopter pilot can hear us and sort of pushing in to see if there is anyone inside. i would expect if there was someone inside we would see them and i can see into the driver's side window just as well oh my gosh there is wow that's amazing interesting there is yeah it's interesting what one of our producers Temitayo said exactly what we're all thinking so i'll just say he shouldn't have driven in there right i mean by my the water is halfway up the wheel it's it's like just kissing and rising past the very bottom of the car and it looks like there There is one person. I don't see anybody in the back seat. So at least one person here in this vehicle. Windshield wipers going. I'm assuming the person is just staying put until they can be rescued. When we talk with the CHP about the importance of not driving through standing water, the sergeant, Andrew Barclay, made a point of saying, you know, not only and I'm sorry, I know the picture is bright, but good. We're reframing. CHP sergeant told us last week, you're not only putting yourself in danger, but you're also endangering the, you know, the livelihoods and safety of the CHP officers who will come and help you or Caltrans crews or, you know, whoever we have coming out. So, you know, we've been in contact with Caltrans. As soon as we're able to speak with someone from that agency, we'll get them on the line. Just a little bit of information here. Caltrans says that what we're seeing right now is more or less typical for this time of year, a little bit higher than what you and I know to be the case in coastal areas of Marin, San Francisco, San Pablo Bay. Highway 1 at Manzanita also had some water on it over the weekend. Crews are working there. But when it comes to this type of flooding, which is, oh, look, he's getting out. Oh, no, he's crawling out of the window. Oh, my gosh. Just so, I don't know, you wonder what this poor man is thinking, right? I don't know if this was a situation where he drove through a road that had a roadblock. Yeah, he should stay put. He should stay put. This is so difficult to watch. I'm nervous for him. have no idea who this gentleman is but you know what i wonder um and as you can tell i don't know anything about cars i wonder you know every most of the cars these days have like electric windows and you push a button and the car turns on and you push a button and the window goes down i wonder if the electrical system is down because it's sitting in water so yeah yeah that's right a little higher yeah yeah so our producer Temetayo knows a whole lot more about cars than i do so he was making the point what we heard from the CHP sergeant back on Friday. People drive through and they think, oh, if I just go fast, it won't affect me. You don't know where your vehicle's air intake valve is. I have no idea where that is on my car. And so, you know, they're in different places. And so even just the difference of a couple inches here might make all the difference. And this car here that's stuck in the water, it appears to have stalled out. I'm guessing, I'm assuming that the electrical system is down because if a valve that's supposed to be taking in air is all of a sudden taking in water, then you have ruined your vehicle. Wow. This is so difficult to watch. And then of course you see good old 101 up above So what a difficult picture. I think we're going to go ahead and leave Sky Fox up above because I'm assuming Caltrans is going to be making its way. Did you guys see it? I'm just so you at home know, I'm talking to a couple of producers, uh, just standing right up and here we have someone in a canoe. Wow. Hold on. I'm going to hold on this picture. I know it's going in and out for you, but I don't, is this like recreation? Is this someone out to do something weird? Like, this is so, yeah, our managing editor here, Sammy, says that we've seen, and we have seen this before. And it's interesting. Here we have someone in a canoe. And, you know, you do see this a lot, right? Even if there's a big storm coming through and all the meteorologists say, stay inside, you know, it's for your own good. And then you have people go right to the shore to watch the huge waves crashing over the Pacific Pier for example Let's get back to that live picture here. another vehicle driving through going a little bit slower uh than i think is for sure a lot slower than what's normal speed um i can't get a super good read on how high the water is here but wow Just so interesting, are we gonna see another car stall out? I sure hope not. Um, this is exactly what you are not supposed to do, and here we see another person doing it and it looks like they're going under 101. Wow. All right. So this was that first picture that we saw. I can't tell if the man is still in. I mean, I must I'm asking our producer. He must still be in there because we would have seen him walk away if he had. So I think what happened is that the person probably thought to roll down the window before the before the water basically came in and disabled the electronics on the vehicle. Is this near the Buckeye? I heard someone mention that. Yeah, I know the Buckeye Roadhouse, a favorite restaurant for a couple of my good friends here in the newsroom. All right, that's a good locator too. Right by the Buckeye. Again, this is up in Mill Valley. Wow. Hang on. Let me just go ahead and, Gosh, this is really something. Are they reversing? Oh, they are. Gosh. Oh, they don't know where to go. God, I feel terrible. All right, let's just kind of hold on this picture here. I don't think you guys need to hear me exclaiming about how sad and frustrating this is. All right, let's just hold on this picture here. I'll get back to you as soon as we have new information.