some to worry close encounters will only get worse. >> it's only going to get worse as more and more people get these things and it's not just people who, you know, handle them responsibly. >> thanks to affiliate whdh for that story. residents in missouri are beginning to assess the damage as record high floodwaters finally recede in the st. louis area. but people who live down stream along the mississippi are bracing for more, bracing for the worst. cnn meteorologist tom sater is here. tom, you're a low boy you know the area well. which communities south of st. louis now, as those floodwaters move down the river, are going to see more flooding and whenning exactly? >> well, it's going to be now from cape girardeau southward, jim. cape girardeau and the boot heel of missouri had seen its crest. but the wall's 50 feet high. the pressure of the water, for a few more days, this could cause