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Levees are being topped. but the army corps knew that. in fact, they put down sheeting, they put down plastic sheeting on top of the levees so that when the water did go over the top of the levee, it didn't wash away, didn't erode all the dirt. they said we're going to lose a half a foot of water, it's going to eventually come back down, and we don't want to lose the infire levee. let's cover it up and not have a washout. that's already happening. and we knew that general honore has talked significantly about some of the boils. and it looks like boiling water. because it literally is coming in...