The system weakened as it hit Slidell (La.). It really didn't do much to Mississippi.

The levee system is still in a weakened condition,

I'm going to tell you, Mississippi got hit much harder than they did, but what happened in the aftermath ? it makes your stomach hurt to go miles and miles and miles and the houses are all under water up to the roof,

So the whole structure is weakened and collapses. Our system ties down the roof joists and rafters to the exterior walls down to the foundation. If windows and doors are broken and the house is twisted on its foundation, the occupants are still safe.

Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.

If you go into some of these small towns down the coast of Mississippi, there is no accounting system.