want to give them a chance to get to high ground. more importantly, human impact. we want folks to understand water is coming their way. we want to maintain the integrity of the structure. we don't want scouring behind the structure. we have a slow opening. we anticipate opening a few more tomorrow. from there on whatever the river needs, that's what we'll get. >> heather: let's talk about that human element. how quickly will the water rise? do you know have all the people evacuated? did you have facilities where these people can go? >> we work closely with the state of louisiana, the state police, louisiana national guard and local officials. we've told them our predictions on where we think this water will be after 24, 48 hours. if your local officials and law enforcement officials tell you to evacuate, you better heed their advice. before we opened up this floodway we confirmed with the