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48 feet, inches below a record set in 1937. >> this is all astounding. its just overwhelming to see it so high. interesting. hopefully it wont get much worse. >> reporter: but it may very well do just that. with the crest now coming sooner than originally predicted, the army corps of engineers has deployed more than 150 engineers to check the levees and pump stations. >> in one second, that water in front of us right now or behind us right now would fill up a football field 44 feet deep in one s...

Kids faces and parents faces. it is out of their hands. and -- theres nothing they can do about it. >> reporter: sunday the engorged river drew spectators who could only watch in wonder as floodwaters crept their way ever closer to record levels. roughly 48 feet, just inches below a record set in 1937. >> this is -- it is just overwhelming to see it so high. interesting. hopefully it wont get much worse. >> reporter: it may very well do just that. with the crest now coming sooner than originally...

Army corps of engineers sent to us. this statement in response to some of the things. they said the greater new orleans area has the great perimeter defense against hurricane storm surge than ever before. using sound engineering and science, the corps is building a state of the art perimeter protection comprised of 350 miles of reinforced levees, floodwalls, pump stations and flood gates. the fee keachekey features will place by june 2011. what do you say about that? >> i say that the corps is g...

Violations. hes challenged every one and that is why we went to the remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned. but company cost-cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may it stopped when bought the power and the emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of overoverflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joiner is the investigator for the operations of the alaska pipeline. >> is that a good idea to have remotely opera...

Remotely operated pump stations? >> thats the industry standard. most of the standards -- >> i have to stop you, because we heard industry standards before. is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? >> we believe its the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error. >> richard feinberg says a fire here nearly burned the station down in 2007. now theyre investigating a spill. >> and you feel that these accidents, l...

That is why we went to remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned, workers were here to ensure it worked properly. but company cost cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may, it stopped when both the power and emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of oil overflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joyner is the vice president of operations for the alaska pipeline. is that a good idea to have remotely operated pum...

What were doing now is trying our hardest to work with the state department of health and the state department of environmental management to open as many pump stations as possible, to get our sewer plant back online as soon as possible. the same issues were having in the neighboring town and to a lesser degree in the city of cranston. thats it at the moment, get the sewer back on its feet and operation alonso we can start to clean up and move forward. >> mayor from rhode island, good luck to yo...

This is a city of 120,000 people. they found out on very short notice that their water was going away. they found out overnight as well. one of the pump stations failed on the river as it went up and up and up. a second one failed just north of here in harden county where they get about 30% of their water. and then that was it. the water literally ran out across the city. the river is not meant to crest until tomorrow at this point, which means they cant even get to the place they need to get to...

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