well, you can see, itser just starting to lap up under the planks of the warf, so the water is just getting here. it will touch this wall and extend all the way to that wall over there. those buildings right there that you see across the way, those will be under water. >> it's just a staggering amount of water, isn't it? >> when you look at it from this perspective and, like i said, our people and nor has anyone else seen anything like this. not here. not in this spot. >> you're confident about these walls holding up? >> i have to be, yes. have to be. >> and if for whatever reason they fail -- >> total catastrophe. there's this entire city would flood without a doubt. >> are you angry that they're opening up the morganza spillway? >> am i angry about it? no, i think we all live with this potential and this is what this whole floodway system is for. i wouldn't want to live any place else, but that's part of what comes with it. certainly, this is a floodway and built as a floodway. no, there was no, that decision was made way back in 1928 and the '30s all of those after the '27 flood. this wa