kahona arch. the plan, to build what they say will be the world s largest rope swing. then clip in, and jump off. w why you ask, because it s there. an experienced rock climber has been here dozens of times, but leaping off the arch is new territory. as you re climbing up it, you re thinking this is crazy. what am i doing up here? then you get to tp to, and you look out, and you can see the entire valley. you can see the clo river. it s gorgeous. then you think, i just want to sit up here. why am i going to clip to a rope and jump off. it s a legitimate question, but there s no back out now. austin s friend is going to capture it all on camera and then spin it into a viral sensation. it won t be the first time.
but they also gave them immunity from anything that they do that happens to be wrong. reporter: subsequent major floods in 1937 and thereafter brought criticism, but nothing like the aftermath of hurricane katrina. in 2009 a federal judge ruled that the corps failure to maintain a shipping channel led to massive flooding in new orleans. they need to be evaluated, need to be investigated got to make sure this doesn t happen again. reporter: congressman benny thompson was part of a congressional inquiry into the corps. he met with army corps officials this week. before katrina, they were a closed operation, kept it to themselves, and that was an issue. but i ve seen some effort on the corps part since then to reach out. reporter: now the corps seems eager to show their work as the flood of 2011 moves south. this is flood water from the mississippi river and one of its tributaries, the yazoo river eecd in the coming o river days to overflow this levee. what the army corps of e
you do have warning that the potential trouble could be there? we have flood walls that protect the city, so they re all up, and we re not projecting any amount of rain that s going to go over the flood wall. so the core city of louisville is in pretty good shape. up river and down river, we re in a little more trouble. we had a large flood in 1997, and the city invested over a quarter of a billion dollars in green infrastructure projects since theand that s really prove to work out well during this particular problem we have right now. shannon: and mayor, since you re talking with us, we re looking at photos and video of louisville that show gas stations under water, swift waters moving by, a lot of water approaching the porches of some homes. how do residents deal with that at this point? are there options for them to leave? are you asking them to havingate evacuate yet? yeah, those are homes in the flood plains themselves so those residents know what they re going into when th