the mississippi river, on the outskirtds of the french water. the great fear this would be over 20-foot stage. it started off and allison was talking about this. it started off before the storm came in if 15-foot vicinity. that's high. right now, it's closing in on 17 feet. when it gets over 17.1, you have a problem. there's flood walls all over the new orleans metropolitan area. it separates us from the french quarter here, the major tourist area in new orleans. this is the flood wall right here. it contains up to 20 feet of water. where i'm standing, there's no wat water whatsoever. and floodgates. we call them the storm gates.