now, if they don't open the spillway, this is what happens. this is if you don't open the spillway. look at this. much more severe flooding here and a lot more flooding down here, orange being very deep flooding, 15 to 20 feet, 20 to 25 feet, perhaps as high as 30 feet in this area here. so if you open the spillway, yes, you're not stopping the flooding, but you're moving it this way, less populated areas, and you notice, you see a lot more pinks and greens and blues over here if you do open the spillway -- don't open the spillway, excuse me, a lot of that water comes this way. profound flooding right up here in this area and deep flooding right down into here. i want to bring -- show you a little bit from the community of how this plays out. our ed lavendera has been down there. this is extraordinarily tough for people, extraordinarily tough for people in the fwo government who have to make this decision and in these small towns who have to realize my farm, my home may disappear. >> reporter: hundreds of larose residents park into the town's