asking residents in flood prone areas it leave their homes. officers are handing out bright yellow fliers that read "evacuate, you are in danger," with a near record flood of the mississippi but the mayor of memphis says they are ready. >> we are well prepared for this, have not had many exercises with katrina evacuees, we follow the same routine in terms of housing, evacuation, the whole thing, so, in a way, the troubles we have had have prepared us for what we are dealing with today. >>shepard: we hope. the west tennessee area is not the only part of the area dealing with trouble, surging rivers threaten thousands of homes and business across the mississippi and ohio river valleys breaking records, sets way back in the 19 30's, and forecasters say rivers will keep rising in some areas for two weeks, and our chief