In California, we know that we have two kinds of levees: Those that have failed and those that will fail.

In California we know we have two kinds of levees -- those that have failed and those that will fail.

In California we know we have two kinds of levees - those that have failed and those that will fail.

In California we know we have two kinds of levees those that have failed and those that will fail.

This is a dynamic landscape that is changing at a pace that exceeds the ability of our policy and law to adjust.

This flood is not a disaster. It is an ecological windfall.

The system can't do what we're asking it to do. That system was designed to protect mostly agricultural land.

The state's water policy and all its plans for restoration of the delta are predicated on one flawed assumption -- that the delta is a fixed landscape and will look the same for the indefinite future. And it won't.

The probability of a catastrophic levee failure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the next 50 years is two in three.

We're not talking about a big scary levee break affecting lots of homes. The levee breaks reported in south Sacramento were really leftover breaks from the floods earlier this year.