I got out of bed and stepped into a foot of mud

Following the largest wildfire in California history, the Thomas fire, drenching rains created major mudslides in Southern California, particularly in Santa Barbara county. Jeff, an olympic gold medalist and Vietnam veteran, recounts a harrowing night in his Montecito home during the night of a devastating debris flow that killed 23 people and destroyed over 100 homes, and damaging 300 others.