Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110506:15:14:00
Is four blocks away from the riverbanks. >> but there have since been big changes to keep the river back, a system of floodwalls, gates and levees developed since the 1950s should keep the city dry. but it's a system that's negative been hit with thvm water. >> they've never been tested, but all of the subject matter experts are telling us we can have a high confidence level. >> army corps of engineers blowing levees to divert flood waters into missouri farmlands slowed the flood's arrival down river. officials around memphis are using the time to prepare. a call has gone out to volunteer toes...
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