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48 feet, inches below a record set in 1937. >> this is all astounding. it's just overwhelming to see it so high. interesting. hopefully it won't get much worse. >> reporter: but it may very well do just that. with the crest now coming sooner than originally predicted, the army corps of engineers has deployed more than 150 engineers to check the levees and pump stations. >> in one second, that water in front of us right now or behind us right now would fill up a football field 44 feet deep in one second. >> reporter: while workers place sandbags, as nbc's jay gray learned, in some spots, it's t...

Kids' faces and parents' faces. it is out of their hands. and -- there's nothing they can do about it. >> reporter: sunday the engorged river drew spectators who could only watch in wonder as floodwaters crept their way ever closer to record levels. roughly 48 feet, just inches below a record set in 1937. >> this is -- it is just overwhelming to see it so high. interesting. hopefully it won't get much worse. >> reporter: it may very well do just that. with the crest now coming sooner than originally predicted, the army corps of engineers deployed more than 150 engineers to check the lefies and...

Army corps of engineers sent to us. this statement in response to some of the things. they said the greater new orleans area has the great perimeter defense against hurricane storm surge than ever before. using sound engineering and science, the corps is building a state of the art perimeter protection comprised of 350 miles of reinforced levees, floodwalls, pump stations and flood gates. the fee keachekey features will place by june 2011. what do you say about that? >> i say that the corps is getting its money worth out of the $4.2 million pr contract they let out a couple years ago. the corp...

Violations. he's challenged every one and that is why we went to the remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned. but company cost-cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may it stopped when bought the power and the emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of overoverflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joiner is the investigator for the operations of the alaska pipeline. >> is that a good idea to have remotely operated pump stations? >> that's the industry standards. >> i've got to stop you there. we've heard abo...

Remotely operated pump stations? >> that's the industry standard. most of the standards -- >> i have to stop you, because we heard industry standards before. is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? >> we believe it's the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error. >> richard feinberg says a fire here nearly burned the station down in 2007. now they're investigating a spill. >> and you feel that these accidents, little or minor though some may say they are, are precursors or warnings to something along the li...