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Against is a category 1. here, we face category 5. we probably could not afford to protect against a 1,000-year event. >> was katrina a 100-year storm? >> i mean, katrina was a great storm, but what flooded new orleans, was actually simply design failures by engineers when the levy system, the flood walls collapsed on the drainage canals. they weren't even overtopped. the water was two feet below the top. it was a design issue. >> is it because of what they were built of or poor design? >> poor design primarily. the flood walls that collapsed during katrina were designed

Here we face category 5. we probably could not afford to protect ourselves against a 10,000-year event. but 100-year event is a ludicrous standard. and that's not just here. that's levees throughout the united states are built to 100 year standard. >> was katrina a 100-year storm? >> i mean, katrina was a great storm. but what flooded new orleans was actually simply design failures by the corps of engineers when the levee system -- the floodwalls collapsed on the drainage canals and they weren't even over top. the water was two feet below the top and they just gave way. that was a design issue...

>> she finds creating two separate environments helps keep her focus. one to handle the nuts and bottom bolts of the business and the other to let's her imagination run wild. >> my mohome office is my brain time and when i'm connect the into the team and production, i'm here, it's two different worlds. >> and when faced with daubtsing challenges, she's developed a unique way to tackle them. >> it's only taken 20 years, but when i come up against challenges and i've found that if i can turn it into somewhat of like a design challenge, then i become inspired. >> so you take your business issues ...