All of the wind, rain and high water levels has sent loads of debris into San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and San Francisco Bay. All three bays are major shipping lanes.All of the wind, rain and high water levels has sent loads of debris into San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and San Francisco Bay. To make way for ships to continue to pass through safely, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers helped to clear the water of massive tree limbs on Monday.
Recovery targets include trees, branches, parts of docks and piers, tanks, stray logs, storm runoff debris, even loose or abandoned boats as well as dead animals. Big ships have two Achilles heels to large debris, and if ships hit debris it can cause major damage.