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To say the levees have withstood. it is too early to say that the pumps have withstood. we hope and pray that the levees and the pumps withstand the intensefication of both the rainfall and the storm surge. >> so is this the real first test that we are seeing of the levees in new orleans since all of this investment to and bring them to a level of being able to be a fortress for the city? is this the first real test? >> this is the test, reverend. this is the real live test as to whether that ne...

>> who are you gone? >> reporter: he has a stack of complaints and a few wins. >> we are constantly fighting those battles. im forever the guardian of the gate. there goes the dragon right there. >> reporter: thats the dragon. >> youre constantly watching it. >> reporter: what he calls the dragon is the biggest oil refinery in america. it is owned by a saudi arabian company that made $11 billion last year, almost twice as much as apple. their neighbor was driven out by the flood waters of hurric...

There go the dragon right there. >> reporter: thats the dragon. >> constantly watching it. frrks. >> reporter: its actually the biggest oil refinery in america and its owned by a saudi arabian company that made $111 billion profit last year. almost twice as much as apple. meanwhile their neighbor who lives here was driven out by the flood waters of hurricane harvey and almost two years later cant afford the repairs to move back in. this is why communities of color are were aides that the gap bet...

Polluting haves and storm-surviving have-nots is only going to get wider. after harvey flooded motiva and other refineries, the trump administration fast-tracked almost $4 billion to build storm barriers specifically to protect oil and gas facilities. but the predominantly black houston neighborhoods flooded by harvey cant even get the government funding to upgrade their storm drains. >> because she was on the back of the dread site as well as the water not being able to drain off, her house got...

Both break down and cry remembering their little sister. and you realize that history is not was, but is. and there are many lessons from the dust bowl that we can take that apply to sandy that apply to long term -- human beings dont do long term planning, but now were faced in this area is are we going to put up sea wells, what kind of storm barriers will we have to prevent the kind of tragedy. subway is 108 years old. its never happened to the subway what happened. so that means this is the fi...