and they say, open the flood gates. just a saying we all have. will it literally take place like that? it doesn't necessarily look like everything is opened and all the water is allowed to rush in. what exactly is that process for letting that water not necessarily start to seep, but not necessarily gush fully? >> sure, sure. you know, as i mentioned earlier, there are 125 of these gates along the length of this thing. they will open one at a time. they want to slowly flood this area so that wildlife has a chance to kind of scatter and get used to the new reality here of all the water that will be displaced here over the coming weeks. it takes, i'm told, about 15 minutes to open up each one of these flood gates. it will be a slow process. >> ed, we appreciate you this morning, really. gives people a better idea, literally seeing that water in one place and knowing it will be some place else in just a little while. ed, good stuff this morning. we do appreciate you, as always. the state of mississippi