FRESNO, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) – As the weather cools down and the clouds move in, there is one seasonal tradition Tennielle Knight can always count on: flooding.

“It's every year,” Knight said. “Where I stay at, it’s like a bowl or something where all the water just collects and [there’s] nowhere for it to go.”

This year, the Clovis resident is prepared. Knight spent Monday afternoon at the City of Clovis’ free sandbag station, shoveling piles of sand into bags and loading them into his car.

He says his garage door has a gap, which often lets rain in, and his backyard commonly floods. He hopes the sandbags will prevent that.

“After the rain’s done, I'm out there brushing all the water down the road to get it off my property,” Knight said.

He is not the only one out preparing for the weath

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