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Youve got hurricane-force winds or even tropical storm-force winds coming along. our pump systems have been tested over and over again and found failing in the past. lots of them have been rebuilt and fixed. so things are looking a lot better right now. but our other threat is extremely unusual, and thats that we have this really high mississippi river. its about 16 feet above sea level right now. >> wow. >> and it could reach 19 feet above sea level on saturday. now officially, the flood level

Threat of flooding and even the possibility the mississippi river could crest over the levees for the first time in modern history. joining me now is mark sclesteen who has been watching and covering the storm closely. mark, what are the three -- what are the major concerns for the army corps and the folks in new orleans who are at moderate risk? >> well, the biggest one really is the rainfall potential. this has the potential of being a huge rainmaker, and thats a real problem for new orleans o...

Where the lake dumps into the river system -- gulf system, that is the most dangerous, east part of new orleans that normally flood when we have high tides like we have now and thunderstorms. so we got a lot of work to do because this storm still has a vote and they can trick you. theyre not necessarily going to do what the weather man says. >> we know back in august there was flooding in new orleans. they had issues with their pump systems. at this point, there are still a number of pumps that ...

If something sits over you at 2 miles an hour, were ready for it. the impacts have been less than expected, but were prepared for whats coming our way. >> im sure you are. i do understand that the pump systems responsible for keeping new orleans dry, that they have suffered some technical failures this year. is that a concern as the rainfall comes your way? >> well, thats always a concern. but what we have received over the past couple of days, we have been more than capable of handling. of cour...

In this region admire about you is that you are a straight shooter. i talked to the army corps of engineers. they have great confidence and i have walked along where the levy was breached in this area. it looks very different than what it was prior to katrina. they walked me through the pump systems here. all of the billions of dollars put in place here. as i started this sentence saying youre a straight shooter, what do you say? tell me straight. do you have confidence in the engineers and in f...

12-hour long days, sleeping on these mats on the floor. and the fight goes on. look, one of the concerns for officials is that there has been some kind of partial meltdown in reactors one, two and three. the reason they think that is weve been watching this from the beginning, the spraying of water. this is how they had to try to cool down those cores because all of the pump systems were ruined. guess what? just what you would think. now there is water filling up basically everything you can fil...

Blamed for contamination caused by the radioactive materials released." another worker said "i feel anger across the nation pointing to tepco. i suspect executives feel it well enough." tom, what do we know? >> we know that the workers inside the plant, theyre sure doing their jobs. these guys are getting like a stack of crackers in the morning, one meal at night, work 12-hour long days, sleeping on these mats on the floor. and the fight goes on. look, one of the concerns for officials is that t...

The fight inside the plant. tom, what do we know? >> we know that the workers inside the plant, theyre sure doing their jobs. these guys are getting like a stack of crackers in the morning, one meal at night, work 12-hour long days, sleeping on these mats on the floor. theyre supposed to protect them from any kind of contamination here. and the fight goes on. look, one of the concerns for officials is that there has been some kind of partial meltdown in reactors one, two and three. the reason th...

All of the pump systems were ruined. they didnt have electricity. so they sprayed water and sprayed water and sprayed water. guess what? just what you would think. now there is water filling up basically everything you can fill up here, because the water has just built up as theyve cooled and cooled and cooled, and the water is contaminated. thats what these workers are having to work around while they try to continue to keep this under control, anderson. >> first of all, it boggles my mind that...

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