appear we're on the banks of a river. we're not. we're on the banks of a farmer's field. instead of seeing acre after acre of farmland, you look at mile after mile of water. there should be no water within sight of this place. it stretches all the way to the horizon here. as you point out the impact on the farming community here has been significant, not just on this farmer's field, but a million acres under water. $500 million in damage. that's just a best guesstimate on the part of the state agriculture industry. this is an industry that's about $16 billion in the state annually, so that's a large chunk of money and they aren't going to know the final tally for another month and a half because it will take that long for these fields to drain and then the farmers have to figure out what crop they can plant mid season. two farmers own this land and the water threatened their home. so they were quick to act and they put this dike up. it was built in a day and a half using a backhoe. it's about 100 yards square. it surrounds their entire house. if that dike wasn't there, their house would be gone. their neighbor's houses are
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