Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110520:15:15:00
Basin. we're not even to the basin and already this current is ripping through. this is dry land over here. the river has already come up 12 feet and it's coming up another 7 feet. that's over my head. >> all right. it's 12.5 feet right here. this is normally exposed. >> yeah, this is normally dry land. >> reporter: these scientists are testing the waters. some of their gear is already submerged. >> i take it that instrument is not supposed to be totally under water? >> no. that's pretty much ruined right there. >> reporter: they're trying to understand what the river really does during a floo...