Video shows a water line break near the valve crews are trying to repair, causing flooding through the streets and the backyard of a home.
It's not exactly how the Nazarians pictured water returning to their Granada Hills home.
"I saw that water, and I was like, 'Wow, what is that?'" Lucy Nazarian said
The couple watched their now-broken security camera as the powerful deluge from a broken pipe on Balboa Boulevard and Senson Boulevard damaged their fence, dented their gutters, and even somehow ripped off a huge tree branch and tossed it into their yard.
Thankfully, no one was home, like their four grandkids who are almost always over and in the yard.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power downplayed the pipe blowout, saying it was connecting to a temporary water source that they planned to shut off Saturday night anyway.
The dramatic scene played out, sending countless gallons of water flowing down the street, minutes after city officials pleaded with the residents of Granada Hills and Porter Ranch to conserve water for the remainder of the weekend.