Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110509:20

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110509:20:03:00

right now, the downtown area is high and dry, but what we're seeing is the tributaries on the mississippi. they can't empty their water into this river anymore because it is so high. so those rivers have been backing up, causing flooding in different parts around memphis, some isolated areas. it has been covering some roads, it has been getting to some neighborhoods. we have seen a couple of trailer parks almost completely inundated and at this point, we got a little over 300 people in shelters and they're probably going to be there for a little while, brooke, because it only took days for this water to come into memphis. it will take weeks for it to go out. >> now, you mentioned before there is this huge barbecue festival, right? you think of memphis, barbecue, beale street. how close is that water encroached upon those areas and what are they doing about the huge festival coming into town? >> well, may is a huge tourism time for memphis. and that barbecue festival is

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