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Miscalculation away from being in that sort of crisis. >> so the infrastructure was in a state of disrepair and it was inevitable. >> exactly. infrastructure failure and the kind of austerity imposed on that city is still in place. the fact the city doesn't have adequate resources to have a police department any bigger than half it was a few years ago and a fire department the same. the parks are not properly maintained and mowed. the schools, many of them in very bad shape. and so the water crisis in some ways ripped the cover off what was happening in that community. and that aspect of it is...

Enough reservoirs. so the issue right now is there's too much precipitation. paul: but this is a normal california weather pattern, from hi reading of history. you get dry, dry, dry, and then suddenly you get these very wet seasons, wet years which we've had in this year and, to some extent, last year. >> right. this is a cyclical pattern, and this is why they need to build more reservoirs, and farmers in particular have been pushing to build more reservoirs to store the water when you have these storm surges so that they can tap the water when, during these dry years. paul: and why is the oro...

Enough reservoirs. so the issue right now is there's too much precipitation. paul: but this is a normal california weather pattern, from hi reading of history. you get dry, dry, dry, and then suddenly you get these very wet seasons, wet years which we've had in this year and, to some extent, last year. >> right. this is a cyclical pattern, and this is why they need to build more reservoirs, and farmers in particular have been pushing to build more reservoirs to store the water when you have these storm surges so that they can tap the water when, during these dry years. paul: and why is the oro...

Conductor who may be going too fast -- >> are you speaking about this positive train control, is that the technology you're speaking about? >> right. that deals with the infrastructure failure which some people are wanting to have that conversation about infrastructure. it also deals with the human failure. it appears in this case -- we knew quickly there was a speed issue which we talked about yesterday morning that deals with the human failure. in this case speed. it will slow the train down. what's happened is people have changed the discussion to talk about high speed rail and other distra...

Street. on detroit and bancroft. a hole opened up and it -- >> listen. detroit and bancroft. what kind of vehicle? >> i don't know. a tan malibu. it's in the hole. it sunk in. >> it sunk in. >> that hole at least ten feet, probably closer to 20 feet. a city official i spoke to said it's an antiquated system, this sewage system, made of brick. look at those bricks there, brooke. built in 1891. >> what did the driver say? >> she thanked god. very thankful to be alive. a local affiliate interviewed her. listen to what she had to say. >> it wasn't like, and then it was over. no. it was falling and...