Dike System News Today

Strengthened late okeechobees dike system. right now the focus is making sure people are prepared and getting people to hunker down if they cant safely evacuate. >> you responded to several hurricanes, as we said, as governor. what did you and the state learn then that you see florida doing a better job of now in advance of irma? >> well, we learned that you couldnt evacuate everybody and that we needed to have much stronger shelter space. we passed the most meaningful building code reforms duri...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor ji...

Very deep. that can have a tremendous effect on the dike system. they have put up a secondary dike because the original levees were overrun by the water quite quickly and secondary system they are counting on. they are donut around the building in hoping they hold. its very important to control to patrol. north dakota national guard is participating, round the clock participation to make sure the protection system maintains and the water slowly goes down. >> gregg: incredible pictures. alicia, t...

Look at the water right up to the front doors. this is the flooding. lets show you what theyre doing to prevent it from getting any worse down here. it is really quite a remarkable engineering feat that theyve had to put together in a real hurry. this water came up -- they had warning, but the water came up in the last ten days. look at the construction theyve had to build here. the question is will it be enough to hold? basically an old fashioned dike system put together with railroad ties, tar...