The levee system can only take care of 1.25 million.

What will become of our country if the levees do not hold?

The levee along the river was also left open for public use.

But even now, some people here are not so sure that they want to go ahead with a levee.

Levee was one of six children growing up in Chicago.

Far up the street the levee seemed to have broken.

Because he had several large clients, Levee was very well off.

When we'd done that, Price put us to work on the levees.

"Do you know how much it would cost to build the levees higher?"

They've gotten the levee run out eight miles to the east.

From the top of the levee she got her revelation.

That's when the levees show how useful they can be.

The levees will fail if the forces get to be too great.

If levees hold back the water, the city is spared.

They should have kept a close watch on the levees in this storm.

Shade trees have been cut to make way for levees.

The water completely covered the place, although the levees had given way but a short time before.

And it's not as if he had to stay on the levee to keep the fog in place.

There is a plaque of his at the levee today.

The effort given by those who participated was enough to for all of the levees to hold.

The long levees there had been designed to handle 13 feet of water.

New and better levees have gone up, but they, too, can fail.

The water was up to his roof within nine minutes of the levee break.

They stroll around the side of the building and up onto the green levee.

The road just beyond was built on a levee and made a good blocking position.

The river is already at the top of many levees.

Officials weren't sure how much more the levee could take.

What will become of our country if the levees do not hold?

The levee along the river was also left open for public use.

Rather, it will be the beginning of the break in the levee.

She couldn't get to the levee if he wouldn't take her.

But the water rose and her family had to live for weeks on the levee's high ground.

They made it up the bank and over the levee which held the water back from the land.

But even now, some people here are not so sure that they want to go ahead with a levee.

"But these levees have never been under this pressure before."

Officials are building levees to protect the city to 21 feet.

But so far, the levees have been holding back the water.

But why don't any of you try leaving the levee?

That was just over 3 feet below the top of the levee.

River levees in the city are not believed to be at risk.

But she wasn't immediately certain how long the levee needs to be.

When we'd done that, Price put us to work on the levees.

Do you know how much it would cost to build the levees higher?

Far up the street the levee seemed to have broken.

He said there was not enough time left to build the levees any higher.

Because he had several large clients, Levee was very well off.

They've gotten the levee run out eight miles to the east.

Levees have been built, so now its just a matter of seeing if they're strong enough.

But city officials say those were the only times in 60 years that the levees failed.

I came down river alone the night of the storm and saw him on the levee.