and there have been efforts to try and patch the levee. and unfortunately, they've been unsuccessful. about 300 residences are being threatened in this area. they're not sure how many of those people remain. this levee is in the process of being compromised. and so if this completely fails, the road is going to be washed without. and then law enforcement officials won't be able to get in to rescue any people. this is hydrological map here that shows you the river gauges here at portage. and there you can see that big crest earlier this morning. so it's going to slowly start to fall off the next couple of days. and this was literally, what, a tenth of a foot shy of that record. so just a tremendous amount of power from this water and a tremendous amount of pressure on a very old levee system. on the wisconsin dnr website, it says basically the only reason this levee hasn't been compromised in the past is because it hasn't had this much pressure. it hasn't seen a major flood like this. so dangerous moments and a scary