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Its called plane s plo it. is that whats going on here? we dont no. but its something that obviously you got to take a look at. >> it makes you think the more connected we are, the more vulnerable we are. we talk about this in less severe issues when it comes to shopping on-line, yet when you talk about security and all thats available, its an obvious question. >> look at that computer simulator in the guys house. >> he made it himself. >> yeah. >> by the way, if you enjoy keeping your phone on,...

Minute. at this point, the airplane would easily befalling apart. >> thats the problem, micayla, when you try to replicate this information, this airplane is falling faster than many people think is physically possible. it wouldnt hold together. it wouldnt hold together. it literally would befalling apart in the air and the passengers, many of them could be unconscious. we are going to try to level off. which is something else that the aircraft reportedly did. again, its not easy. you can hear a...

Water. u.s. army corps of engineers is front and center when flooding strikes. thats only part of its mission. casey why nan reports its having to do it all with less. >> reporter: for years this is how the army corps of engineers researched the impacts of flooding in the mississippi river delta, models built to scale to see what would happen, for example, if a barge tried to pass through flood gates. now its using high-tech tools such as this computer simulator providing a realistic river boat ...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello. youre in the cnn newsroom this saturday, may 14th, im fredricka whitfield. saving two of louisianas biggest cities at the sacrifice of flooding homes and farmland. thats what will likely happen as the u.s. army corps of engineers opens the morganza spillway beginning an hour from now. while opening the gaelts would slowly divert floodwaters from baton rouge and new orleans, areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water, in green up to 1...

Engineers built an extensive system of levees to try to minimize that damage. thats not all they do. for years, this is how the army corps of engineers researched the impacts of flooding in the mississippi river delta. models built to scale to see what would happen if a barge tried to pass through flood gates. now it is using high-tech tools such as this computer simulator providing a realistic riverboat pilots view. by far the biggest change has been that we have gone from the types of models t...