that caused a sharp spike in these river levels. we did have an emergency sunday at the gilboa dam. devastating flooding and it will take time for the floodwaters to recede. but we are not expecting any additional flooding. bill: thanks, maria, we'll talk to you again very soon. martha: let's swing around to another topic. business and the economy. we have bad news coming in in the housing market. the closely watched schiller index, we can tell you the home prices declined year over year. stuart varney joins me now. stuart, not a good indicator. >> when you look at the year over year figure, this is not a