Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into ... JACK: I can get out of the mid and the rain any time I want, but those soldiers couldn’t. And lots of them never did get the chance to go home.

It's a race against time - and rain - for Mt. Baldy resident Andrew Curran, who is preparing for heavy rains forecasted for Thursday. "So, we're just digging a trench for our friend Carmen back here.