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[David Mauk] This is a
half-million-dollar project,

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but in a flood event, you
could potentially lose

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quite a bit more property
than that. And a human life--

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what's the cost?

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How do you measure that?

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This project inevitably will save lives.

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It's predictive;

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it'll save property.

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We won't know who it saved
because it warns people.

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It gets them out of harm's way.

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We are in Flash Flood Alley.

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Before Harvey, it was us in 1978.

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And the Hill Country, as a
whole, is in Flash Flood Alley.

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And when you get a flood
event in the Hill Country,

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it's a contact sport.

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And you need to be able
to get the information out

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and warn them and get them out of the way.

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So, the money is well spent.

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It's going to protect people.

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It's going to protect property.

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And I find there's no
higher calling, to me,

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when you're dealing with government,

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than when you're actually looking

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at protecting the population, the taxpayers.