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You were talking about the mississippi river near you. it s different here in the city of new orleans. this is the river behind me. we re on the west bank of the mississippi river near the french quarter, new orleans. normally the level of this river in new orleans is under 11 feet, but because of heavy rains over the past weeks and months, before the storm came, the level got to 16 1/2 feet. that s a dangerous stage. when it gets about 17.1 feet, that s flood stage. that s what it s expected to get to today, 17.1 feet. the dangerous number is if it gets over 20, because the levee system in new orleans is built to contain 20-foot floods. that was the fear as the week started. as the storm started coming, it would go over 20 feet. forecasterss say they don t anticipate at this point, we must say anticipate because this isn t over. they don t anticipate it will go over the 17.1 feet and that s good news for new orleans. behind me, this is the natvhez ....

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