Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100612:10:08:00
The terrain played a huge role. in fact, i zoomed in on google earth into the campground area for a better idea. there you can see the river. you can see how the whole area, the valley is right here and the river runs through it. there you can see all the hills surrounding it. when you get -- we are talking about six to seven inches of rain is radar estimating fell in a couple of hours. this all runs off from the hillsides and gathers into one area. that river rose 20 feet in just a few hours. here's what the radar is estimating. you can see. this is the area to point out where you see that br...