WEBVTT 00:16.190 --> 00:17.110 A lot will gels. 00:17.640 --> 00:18.690 Why did was bad. 00:19.190 --> 00:21.220 Things that are available to your. Hair. 00:33.470 --> 00:37.440 During the spring and summer of 2001 in the entire misery where 00:37.610 --> 00:41.580 they use in Houston unprecedented flooding skating a winter ration 00:41.740 --> 00:44.810 several communities force rimington both the upper and lower 00:44.810 --> 00:49.200 basin alison's of a person farmland la summers diner. Many feet 00:49.200 --> 00:53.350 of longer homes won't last long it's forever changed. 00:53.880 --> 00:57.500 How could this happen in the summit only four years ago emerged 00:57.500 --> 01:01.130 from our dropped during the weekend of may twentieth set the 01:01.130 --> 01:01.800 20 seconds. 01:02.570 --> 01:06.350 Very heavy rain color the eastern portion Montana western Curtis 01:06.350 --> 01:10.520 martin Wyoming by david inches and very normally gets talks 14 01:10.550 --> 01:14.450 inches of rain here and asked we watched that time brain fall 01:14.450 --> 01:18.740 and then show up at the gauges during the holly week. We realized 01:18.800 --> 01:22.890 that our flexibility to manage to rest for system that was quickly 01:22.890 --> 01:26.420 being taken away from us the Missouri river basin encompasses 01:26.450 --> 01:30.290 all or parts of 10 different States from its head once in Montana 01:30.290 --> 01:34.340 and down more than 20 300 miles to its confluence with the Mississippi 01:34.340 --> 01:38.230 river at saint louis. It is a region this experienced significant 01:38.230 --> 01:41.940 flooding rampaging waters a record-breaking pests foreign pied 01:41.990 --> 01:46.020 lead ababa highest defenses and violent scenes that many communities 01:46.020 --> 01:46.700 will be and all. 01:47.990 --> 01:51.320 Today is like council bought some on Wall and many others although 01:51.320 --> 01:52.340 suffering damage. 01:53.120 --> 01:57.440 Never. During the late 19 forties since early 19 sixties the 01:57.440 --> 02:01.170 Missouri river flooded almost every year in lawson uncommon for 02:01.170 --> 02:05.010 residents living in communities along the basin to resign horrible 02:05.010 --> 02:08.510 homes in villages there could be moved test the waters rockets 02:08.940 --> 02:12.990 commerce past. The flood control act of 19 44 to authorize the 02:12.990 --> 02:16.690 construction of 16 stem danced to attempt to tame the mighty 02:16.690 --> 02:22.580 mo those stands for pack gerritsen full Monty for rental big 02:22.630 --> 02:23.960 band and devon's fully. 02:24.480 --> 02:28.620 Operated says system to regulate water flows with decisions made 02:28.620 --> 02:32.970 to each having to max along the entire basin. At the beginning 02:32.970 --> 02:36.470 of the run all season. The falls flood capacity to six nine stamp 02:36.470 --> 02:41.400 projects on the misery was available that flood capacity 16 point 02:41.430 --> 02:45.810 three million acre feet has been sufficient for runoff in precipitation 02:45.810 --> 02:48.500 for every year on record in the basin. 02:49.070 --> 02:54.080 All the way back to the team and it but lead me to hold the nasty 02:54.080 --> 02:57.930 Soprano swiss most its third highest in the highs single month 02:57.930 --> 03:02.760 of runoff in recent history back to back months. We have almost 03:02.760 --> 03:07.480 the years annual runoff. This are based in said that has really 03:07.510 --> 03:11.920 made it into an historic event in on pressing back and one that 03:11.920 --> 03:14.220 exceeded the rest for design. Let us well. 03:15.200 --> 03:18.100 To his problems cooler temperatures throughout the base in the 03:18.100 --> 03:21.560 slow the melting the already record snow packed in the region 03:21.790 --> 03:24.470 to cement the much of the snow pack moisture would come when 03:24.470 --> 03:27.990 someone was precipitation in the region and not allow live there 03:27.990 --> 03:31.020 to be since we're back to wait it out of the system parts of 03:31.020 --> 03:34.620 inflows from the other to keeps the main standing instrument 03:34.620 --> 03:38.100 were topping in resulting in the uncontrolled releases sensory 03:38.100 --> 03:41.470 river reservoir control center worked with the ally and Kansas 03:41.470 --> 03:44.850 city districts to develop a release schedule that schedule would 03:44.850 --> 03:47.780 aggressively aback. You wait floodwaters and the upper reaches 03:47.780 --> 03:51.760 of the basin syrup the system. While striking a balance by delaying 03:51.760 --> 03:55.740 the highest releases for as long as possible recognizing the 03:55.740 --> 03:59.510 impacts the high water releases what ham on the basin decor activated 03:59.510 --> 04:03.300 its emergency operations centers in a while in Kansas city early 04:03.300 --> 04:06.070 on a misery where we're joined information center. What stood 04:06.070 --> 04:09.330 out to provide public communication support to both districts 04:09.380 --> 04:12.630 and to the impacted public from the beginning of this event is 04:12.630 --> 04:16.490 the core recognize the need for clear and transparent communication 04:16.490 --> 04:17.530 with the of all it's. 04:18.050 --> 04:21.380 Very good communication the good relationship session say with 04:21.440 --> 04:25.670 a local of the sports a supporter of what it allows them to fully 04:25.670 --> 04:29.120 understand the public to fully understand. What is trends were 04:29.120 --> 04:32.130 in and and what the impacts are gonna be from this particular 04:32.420 --> 04:36.760 one of them in terms of five flows kimono japan's seen sneeze gertie. 04:36.760 --> 04:39.750 It's the core is held nightly information. I'll tell a conference 04:39.750 --> 04:44.020 for stakeholders legislators and media in those calls core leadership 04:44.060 --> 04:47.970 would present information as well as field questions from participants. 04:49.680 --> 04:53.490 Hey. The call you know the video call do. 04:54.020 --> 04:57.170 No I won't want to get a 's mentally rate really get in there 04:57.400 --> 04:58.650 um as as a. 04:59.210 --> 05:03.170 Team the actual bam solve super. Well that is you as you stated 05:03.170 --> 05:06.070 there are some areas of concern from a high water that that will 05:06.070 --> 05:09.670 be the grass out of that those law kumbaya like these were of 05:09.670 --> 05:12.300 one dropping water really get in and look structures. 05:12.980 --> 05:16.560 The calls reams seven beauties Street is the core going to weekday 05:16.560 --> 05:20.120 schedule the joined information center sent out more than 74 05:20.120 --> 05:23.900 or press releases developed a magazine as well as nearly two 05:23.900 --> 05:27.680 dozen video segments on a flood up-to-date information was first 05:27.680 --> 05:31.540 on facebook and garnering more than 11000 forest during. 05:31.540 --> 05:34.910 The course of a flawed with tiny releases coming that were said 05:34.910 --> 05:38.070 about helping communities for prayer from a water the initial 05:38.070 --> 05:41.500 focus came in and nora's for poor personal hygiene contracting 05:41.500 --> 05:44.750 in supervising work on the construction of temporary laddies 05:44.790 --> 05:48.180 and other and danced measures to protect critical infrastructure 05:48.310 --> 05:51.360 in the communities of this more demanding and in north Dakota 05:51.390 --> 05:54.700 as well as for yourself to quote a massive building efforts were 05:54.700 --> 05:59.460 launched as a started for I releases approached the I did materials. 06:00.440 --> 06:02.610 The and you will relieve the team. 06:03.510 --> 06:06.880 Uh we finally get building and construction at you. 06:07.460 --> 06:11.080 Herzog in all the fall winslet fighting supplies were issued 06:11.080 --> 06:16.610 by decor tooth two one million san backs DB2 hundred linear feet 06:16.610 --> 06:24.440 of three-foot castro 66070 linear feet of four foot tesco. 2836 06:24.440 --> 06:31.280 a roles appalling 48 pumps and 2531 sling backs the high water 06:31.280 --> 06:35.260 releases upwards of a hundred and 60000 cubic feet. Per second 06:35.260 --> 06:39.410 at five in the six main stem dams men opening the snow way case 06:39.440 --> 06:42.830 at Sever all the projects to pass floodwaters. First time in 06:42.830 --> 06:46.370 their history does so always head of course been open for routine 06:46.370 --> 06:49.640 maintenance in time to time but it never been used for their 06:49.640 --> 06:53.490 emergency purpose the only still waging not opened was a lot 06:53.490 --> 06:58.640 he would just the way aprons% cut running floodwaters that project 06:58.640 --> 07:01.930 would resulted in substantially revolution and a high cholesterol 07:01.930 --> 07:05.590 pair fall indian that to ensure that the projects are performing. 07:05.590 --> 07:08.990 Well under stress the core ran to the surveillance of the dance 07:08.990 --> 07:12.520 and performed inspections and me says needed stitches appears 07:12.520 --> 07:15.830 in dan worse call was spotted during its initial release a flood 07:15.830 --> 07:19.400 waters in the still way activities that led to its thorough inspection 07:19.400 --> 07:22.560 of the apron and subsequent ceiling and some service or action 07:22.790 --> 07:25.440 uh we expect that to this the Street.. No. 07:26.750 --> 07:31.460 No. And that's it to her. 07:33.420 --> 07:33.590 Uh. 07:34.490 --> 07:37.630 The Uh for its. 07:39.890 --> 07:45.250 No. It's all that simple servers with its unique position is 07:45.250 --> 07:48.390 the southern most of them means them dams and the final days 07:48.390 --> 07:51.820 away from a large northern reservoirs devon schooling became 07:51.820 --> 07:55.270 a critical focus for the remainder the Missouri river basin. 07:55.350 --> 07:58.950 She knew the selected useful all flooding that they might experienced 07:58.950 --> 08:02.550 based on passage are logic data and planned releases from the 08:02.550 --> 08:06.490 project to help both Kansas city and amman district of they'll 08:06.490 --> 08:09.910 of detail in addition the ups and most of them online for the 08:09.910 --> 08:13.690 public to use an assess their little operates under singing risk 08:13.690 --> 08:16.810 is important for the public to make well informed decisions. 08:17.750 --> 08:20.990 The key for us valid is to continue makes her would take care 08:20.990 --> 08:22.810 public safety and like for prop. 08:23.470 --> 08:26.220 And work together it's a team that's the goal pants on their 08:26.280 --> 08:30.460 that's making sheree we operate the system. That's a system that 08:30.460 --> 08:34.040 continue to work together form people of the race. So everybody 08:34.040 --> 08:35.100 understands the risk. 08:35.690 --> 08:38.950 Try to mitigate that risk and there's always gonna be rich there 08:39.350 --> 08:42.860 don't risk Laden real-time and really and she has a series of 08:42.890 --> 08:46.740 reaches on federal levy L5 seven five striking the community 08:46.740 --> 08:50.640 of hamburg bio decor immediately began construction of the secondary 08:50.640 --> 08:54.030 line of defense that the test on using a mix of person levenson 08:54.030 --> 08:56.940 and still bear years placed along interstate 20 nine. 08:58.150 --> 08:58.870 Yeah I like. 08:59.850 --> 09:03.550 Why india that defense that we've been here the didn't sit two 09:03.550 --> 09:07.670 of them. So what we're doing is raise in the past bastions than 09:07.670 --> 09:10.740 the yet yet to buy 29 years you can see that feel the same. 09:11.330 --> 09:12.420 Yeah I when asked. 09:13.220 --> 09:14.160 Take this out for. 09:14.730 --> 09:17.370 Teams of personal contractors. 09:17.890 --> 09:21.710 Volunteers and national guard worked round the clock to construct 09:21.710 --> 09:24.180 the Lebanese even as the waters approached. 09:24.740 --> 09:26.990 To a really bridget to. 09:27.800 --> 09:30.270 The to just its purpose and we started. 09:31.360 --> 09:32.250 To seawater. 09:33.310 --> 09:38.220 Forever. You don't want for six for entering the slaughter started 09:38.710 --> 09:41.710 any tricia and what it in a energy holds. 09:42.550 --> 09:45.820 Try to get things like there's this online waters to further 09:45.820 --> 09:49.060 down the Missouri river at the southern basing faced an all too 09:49.090 --> 09:50.740 familiar threat squared here it. 09:51.340 --> 09:55.830 Yep ran lower basin enough for what flies and that's that's much 09:55.830 --> 09:59.090 different than what the previous sword fights have been which 09:59.090 --> 10:01.330 have been lower base in central. 10:02.090 --> 10:05.220 Which wonders you may need gets luvvies for such a long time 10:05.220 --> 10:07.300 to nature of the flight fight changed. 10:07.880 --> 10:11.950 Water seeks to equalise pressure on both sides of a levy one 10:11.950 --> 10:15.380 weight accomplices. This is to seek out in. The course materials 10:15.410 --> 10:17.040 in or been nice a levi. 10:17.750 --> 10:20.980 The water can combine with the internal ground water in recent 10:20.980 --> 10:24.480 rains or interior dream each to begin polling on the lan side 10:24.480 --> 10:28.730 ability in a process known as seep it should seek the gym of lightest. 10:28.730 --> 10:32.510 Most natural thing to be expected seep inch can be a problem 10:32.510 --> 10:35.870 though if it is moving with enough pressure to carry materials 10:35.870 --> 10:39.450 from the utility this can be room to structural integrity ability 10:39.450 --> 10:43.310 to lead to its failure to counteract this process someone these 10:43.310 --> 10:47.270 are designed with to see pinch from an area birth until behind 10:47.270 --> 10:50.610 the levi de tax to laying cement sea beach that dental. 10:50.610 --> 10:54.510 Well water pressure to dissipate over greater air it boasts of 10:54.510 --> 10:58.800 the syntax reduce the chances seem to might mid terrace all in 10:58.800 --> 11:01.610 areas where seat that's appears to be moving material says the 11:01.610 --> 11:05.670 formations sand boils was cloudy water and you see the term can 11:05.670 --> 11:09.150 be installed using a variety of techniques or or purchase the 11:09.150 --> 11:12.030 all basically function asked us to wear seat. 11:13.200 --> 11:16.340 Uh but they're designed deferred each time. Beyond the turkey. 11:17.690 --> 11:21.220 Brown they're builds off with its from with it. So lock with 11:21.420 --> 11:22.190 gaining water on. 11:23.090 --> 11:26.910 Um what kind of a traffic it can take from a construction equipment 11:27.240 --> 11:30.050 with the beginning of lobbyists to the end of the flooding event 11:30.050 --> 11:34.430 becomes a fixture on the horizon the core it already begun preparations 11:34.430 --> 11:37.940 for this eventuality in addition to the creation of a drawdown 11:37.940 --> 11:41.270 skin sulfur releases from the main stem rows of hours the leadership 11:41.270 --> 11:46.070 recognize diffuse scenes with you to take place or one for darn assessment. 11:46.900 --> 11:48.690 Determine the best where cared. 11:49.690 --> 11:54.190 Those will always she was operationally structurally. 11:54.780 --> 11:59.930 Led to a dress to me as quickly as we can and entered together 11:59.980 --> 12:01.120 or an astronaut. 12:01.830 --> 12:03.070 In terms of racial ocean. 12:03.590 --> 12:06.460 Additionally was sent home record shattered underneath it. 12:06.460 --> 12:10.330 Size seems go the flooded 20 11 would be come in the data point 12:10.330 --> 12:13.710 for managing the misery re for this is in the day the family history. 12:14.660 --> 12:18.170 Started for the slide announces. We'll do a careful assessment 12:18.210 --> 12:20.280 and Determined Apple. 12:21.090 --> 12:24.980 Isn't wines to make a decision on how to control flooding based 12:24.980 --> 12:28.690 off of a single year. That's a question was a core and a greater 12:28.730 --> 12:31.570 political struggle. What's in the coming months. What it that 12:31.570 --> 12:35.400 the decisions made there is little down to 2011 will go down 12:35.400 --> 12:38.520 as one of the worst flooding events in the history of the miserable 12:38.520 --> 12:42.020 basing from that perspective the accomplishment of the core. 12:42.580 --> 12:45.900 And these along the river are nothing short of a miracle born 12:45.900 --> 12:48.450 in heart sweat and even harder decisions..