>> reporter: they're doing the best they can. what we have seen as we come out from morgan city to stevensville is every house on stevensville road has been sandbagged. i've never seen this before. i've seen sandbagging here and there, but every home. they're up about three, four feet. they think that will be enough protection. we have water surrounding this entire area. if you have ever been to louisiana, there's water areas. bayous, and canals. that water comes down from the spillway, down the river, the basins fill up and backs into this area. this water will come in -- tr y actually it wil...