San Jose crews spent their day checking and clearing storm drains ahead of the significant storm overnight.

Crews hope the work they are doing will prevent the kind of flooding the city saw after a storm in October.

“We go to every storm drain on the map we look at it. We make sure it’s clean no debris in there and we clean it up,” said Khourng Yan, a maintenance worker with the San Jose Department of Transportation.

This is a never-ending job since the city has 35,000 storm drains, and sometimes crews find some unusual items in those catch basins.

“I found bullets, a gun and money, lots of money,” said Eric Wright, another worker with the Department of Transportation.

The crew also checks for other things that could block a drain.

“Sometimes we come around and there are sandbags on

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