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here worried and as you mentioned most of the casinos at least for now, are closed. you know, along the mississippi, they re floating. that s where the casinos hang. where the resorts are, where the people sleep, like here at the gold strike casino, well, you know, that s on land and part of those areas are flooded. they re taking unique stances in order to battle that fight. they re using sandbags but as the sun comes up later we ll show you how this particular casino is fighting. it s a unique technology that at least for now seems to be working. around tunica and especially south in tunica proper where there s some fishing areas, some of those areas completely under water and that s not good news. so this is going to have the same effect, guys, as we saw in memphis. a very, very slow rise at a very, very slow fall. it s going to be a long-term deal here with millions of dollars lost in revenue with all the casinos being closed, at least temporarily.
or in natchez, i should say, more than 200 miles north of us, gold strike casino is back open. and it is nearly 2,000 employees are back to work. these are pictures of the casino a week ago i took from the air. it was among 17 properties that shut down because of the flooding. three others along the way, including horse shoe casino will open hopefully by the weekend. we acted quickly as the casino was coming up more than expected and we pumped water into the compartments to lower this and there was no structure damage. but other casinos are underwater reachable only by boat today and have been under water for 20 days. they employ 13,000 people and generate $12 million in tax revenue for the county each