bob byrne. >> so far we've lost our wheat crop. >> reporter: like many here the byrnes have worked this land for generations, they they've known it's in a flood way and the risks that come with it. your family has been in this business for years. did you ever think in the back of your head, this could happen? >> no. we've seen the ohio river on a rampage, water run up to the top of the levee. we've seen this one on the rampage, but never the two together. but we just have to take it as it comes. you know? we've got it and we got to go on. >> reporter: heartbreaking to see the pain in that farmer's eyes. he's certainly not alone. this is the farmfield or the northern part of the floodway that's designed back in 1937 to open up for cases like this. and you know, the farmers they kind of know that's part of the deal, but they never really want to see this happen. it looks like a great lake. i mean, this thing stretches 38