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Monday, October 10, 2022

Barges grounded by low water halt Mississippi River traffic

The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in mud and sand, disrupting river travel for shippers, recreational boaters and even passengers on a cruise line.

Lack of rainfall in recent weeks has left the Mississippi River approaching record low levels in some areas from Missouri south through Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard said at least eight “groundings” of barges have been reported in the past week, despite low-water restrictions on barge loads.
-WiscoDave

8 comments:

  1. The climate change assholes will be on this like stink on shit.

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    1. Wait until they find out about the New Madrid earthquakes back in the early 1800s when the Mississippi ran backwards.

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    2. 'The preacher man says it's the end of time
      And the Mississippi River she's a-goin' dry...'

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    3. That's the good thing about Climate Chaos.
      It causes both floods and droughts.
      Now give us your money

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    4. And fires. Don't forget fires. If it wasn't for anthropogenic global warming we would no longer have large wildfires.
      (Never mind "The Big Blowup" of 1910, that burned three million acres in three days.)

      (Still waiting for my 25¢ cap and trade fee on each gallon of gas to end the wildfires here in California.)

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  2. Preacher man says it's the end of times,

    The Mississippi River, she's a-going dry

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  3. Another part of the perfect storm, driving both shipping and consumer cost to go up, up, up.

    If it's not one thing, it's a half a dozen others. Pretty incredible.

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  4. Aaaannddd, there it is.
    I guess too many people had collapsing bridges on their bingo cards.

    I kid you not, for a couple of weeks I have been thinking the Mississippi is next.

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