Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110514:20:10:00
How a levee works. say if the levee fails, we'll see all this water rushing through, and you have to keep in mind with the morgan city and the atchafalaya basin, they're going to see the water coming through. if you have a levee there, of course, hopefully the water stays below it. by opening up the morganza spillway, that's going to need more protection downstream for areas like baton rouge and new orleans, and they need it because that's a low-lying area. you're looking at area of them opening up part of the morganza spillway. let's talk utwhat we're going to expect and how far we're going t...
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