I was working that day in January of 1982 for the city of Novato, I remember looking at all the water and driving my sign truck through the streets filled 3 feet high with water and a feeling of helplessness because there was not a thing I could do to stop it at the time during the day. The radios were a buzz because we shared the same frequency as NSD. High water alarms from lift stations and barminuter filters we a serious problem, and no doubt heap plenty of raw sewage was discharged. They asked us to stay and work overtime and I agreed. We got some beer and roasted some J's and went out into the city with trucks and did a whole lot of moving stuff out of the roadways. The storm had calmed down so about midnight they suggested that I sleep in the office on the couch so I could work for them tommorrow, the officials also told me there was no way I could make back to my house up in Mill Valley. I opted out of staying up in Novato and figured where I lived was more important. They told me, but you won't come back in the morning. They were right, after working 18 hours straight you best be believing I won't come back. I drove through the county on 101 and exited at Lincoln Ave. because the freeway was closed. I drove over Wolf grade and encountered 3 feet of water in Larkspur at Bon Air Dr. and Magnolia ( that is where I fried the wheel bearings in my personal truck ). There were cars parked all around the churches where people were staying overnight. I made it through Larkspur and Corte Madera no problem and drove over the old grade to Mill Valley, just before the top of the grade I had to stop and make a very important decision because half of the road had slid down the hill, it was like Russian roulette, I went for it and made it but down at Overhill and Camino Alto was a police officer, he stopped me and asked me where did I just come from ? I told him and he said the road completely slid out a few minutes ago, he could not believe I made it through, I guess I was just under the wire. ( Incidently the road was completely closed for nine months after that for repair ). Then I went through Mill Valley with no problem, but on my way home a section of Monte Vista was also slid out, leaving me barely enough room to get by, so I had to make another split decision and went for it, the road completely slid out later and was also closed for about a year for repairs. I finally arrived at my house at 2:30 am and promptly fell fast to sleep and called in flooded to Novato and slept in late the next day. Even though I didn't go through San Anselmo, I think the flood hit everywhere hard, it was not limited to San Anselmo.