break the case. plus, the great flood of 2011. now triggering waves of economic disaster. this was going to be a year in agriculture really do well. shepard: those hopes are now washing away. how much damage and destruction is going to be done to our farms? shepard: tonight, how all of us could pay the price for the disaster in dixie. and good evening from natchez, the oldest permanent settlement in all of the state of mississippi. a spot some call the birthplace of this state. now natchez is our observation point from which we are watching a fierce struggle unfold a battle with a river that can either northbound or destroy this natchez is home of the native americans that called this home for many centuries until the french built a fort here in 1716. years later natchez became the first mississippi state capital it figures heavily in the economic fate of our state and our country. all because of the cargo that moves along the mississippi, the coal and the timber and
Sacred. it s a labor of love and respect family members sandbagging grave sites. saint andrews cemetery sits on the edge of a bayou. if the water rises too high. coffins could be swept away which happened across the gulf coast during hurricane katrina. my father-in-law is buried right over here. they are afraid if the daughter gets up high enough it may cause these above ground graves to float. so put a few sandbags on top of them and around them to try to help to keep them in the ground. trent ham says this task is even more important than building the sand wall around his home. you want to make sure they are not disturbed from their rest and that they are as protected as they can be. they can t do it for themselves anymore. so, yeah, you think back on all the things that they would do for you, do what you can for them.