Low Water Level Making Mississippi Unnavigable...

[Fred Bloggs]

The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic

 

[John Robertson]

On 2022/10/01 7:40 p.m., Fred Bloggs wrote:

The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic

I dunno about a negative impact from climate, the Gov site on droughts
seems to show that it was worse in the period after 1895 and has slowly
been getting wetter. There will always be wetter and dryer years and
decades. That is the nature of climate - it changes! Could be because of
butterflies flapping their wings...

https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi#

That took just a few seconds to find.

John :-#)#

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2022 19:40:09 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic

Dr Doom again.

What do you do for fun?

 

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sat, 1 Oct 2022 19:40:09 -0700 (PDT)) it happened Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote in
<ded1959d-38f8-4cb5-802f-086da3b52e90n@googlegroups.com>:

The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean
and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of
year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic
is being limited at the worst possible time =E2=80=94 as crop harvests
begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming.
Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying
away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes
a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

I like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEPIpTpoPs

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 1:13:24 AM UTC-4, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Sat, 1 Oct 2022 19:40:09 -0700 (PDT)) it happened Fred Bloggs
bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote in
ded1959d-38f8-4cb5...@googlegroups.com>:
The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean
and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of
year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic
is being limited at the worst possible time =E2=80=94 as crop harvests
begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming.
Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying
away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes
a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.
I like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEPIpTpoPs

Yeah- it was pleasant little performance.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:41:07 PM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:

On 2022/10/01 7:40 p.m., Fred Bloggs wrote:
The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic
I dunno about a negative impact from climate, the Gov site on droughts
seems to show that it was worse in the period after 1895 and has slowly
been getting wetter. There will always be wetter and dryer years and
decades. That is the nature of climate - it changes! Could be because of
butterflies flapping their wings...

https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi#

That took just a few seconds to find.

You seem to be confused. The Mississippi River starts in northern Minnesota and flows 2400 miles to the Gulf. Along the way the river is fed by a humongous watershed and several humongous tributaries which in turn have humongous watersheds.
:
The Mississippi River begins as a trickle flowing out of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. From there the river flows 2,348 miles until it pours into the Gulf of Mexico below New Orleans.
:
:
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers. Given their flow volumes, major Ohio River tributaries like the Allegheny, Tennessee, and Wabash rivers are considered important tributaries to the Mississippi system.[5]
:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_System

The graphic labeled Mississippi River course, watershed, and major tributaries, shows in stunning detail how that river drains about 2/3 of the entire continent.- that\'s what\'s called humongous.

Low water levels on the Mississippi means the entire continent is dry, all the parts that receive significant rainfall anyway. That transcends being a mere drought.

John :-#)#

 

[a a]

On Sunday, 2 October 2022 at 20:27:52 UTC+2, Fred Bloggs wrote:

On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:41:07 PM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:
On 2022/10/01 7:40 p.m., Fred Bloggs wrote:
The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic
I dunno about a negative impact from climate, the Gov site on droughts
seems to show that it was worse in the period after 1895 and has slowly
been getting wetter. There will always be wetter and dryer years and
decades. That is the nature of climate - it changes! Could be because of
butterflies flapping their wings...

https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi#

That took just a few seconds to find.
You seem to be confused. The Mississippi River starts in northern Minnesota and flows 2400 miles to the Gulf. Along the way the river is fed by a humongous watershed and several humongous tributaries which in turn have humongous watersheds.
:
The Mississippi River begins as a trickle flowing out of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. From there the river flows 2,348 miles until it pours into the Gulf of Mexico below New Orleans.
:
:
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers. Given their flow volumes, major Ohio River tributaries like the Allegheny, Tennessee, and Wabash rivers are considered important tributaries to the Mississippi system.[5]
:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_System

The graphic labeled Mississippi River course, watershed, and major tributaries, shows in stunning detail how that river drains about 2/3 of the entire continent.- that\'s what\'s called humongous.

Low water levels on the Mississippi means the entire continent is dry, all the parts that receive significant rainfall anyway. That transcends being a mere drought.


John :-#)#

in order to make Mississippi navigable again
you need to invest money, a lot of money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

.....as well as increasing the navigability of the river and making it possible for 10,000 tonne ocean-going vessels to reach 2,400 km inland for six months of the year

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:41:07 PM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:

On 2022/10/01 7:40 p.m., Fred Bloggs wrote:
The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic
I dunno about a negative impact from climate, the Gov site on droughts
seems to show that it was worse in the period after 1895 and has slowly
been getting wetter. There will always be wetter and dryer years and
decades. That is the nature of climate - it changes! Could be because of
butterflies flapping their wings...

https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi#

That took just a few seconds to find.

John :-#)#

It used to feed into Lake Michigan via the Chicago River. But about 100 years ago the not-so-genius geniuses who make these decisions decided, on grounds of sanitation and public health, it would be much better if they reverse the flow in the river and drain Lake Michigan into the Mississippi. Can we say problems are developing with low water level in Lake Michigan?

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:37:27 PM UTC-4, a a wrote:

On Sunday, 2 October 2022 at 20:27:52 UTC+2, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:41:07 PM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:
On 2022/10/01 7:40 p.m., Fred Bloggs wrote:
The water level is causing no end of problems to shipping glyphosate laden soybean and corn to export terminals on the Gulf at the most critical time of year.

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic
Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.

Tributary rivers originating in the west are drying up. That\'s global warming. Expect the river to become a raging torrent in late winter and spring carrying away vast quantities of irreplaceable topsoil into the ocean. It takes a 1000 years of natural processes to form a mere one inch of topsoil.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-09-29/low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic
I dunno about a negative impact from climate, the Gov site on droughts
seems to show that it was worse in the period after 1895 and has slowly
been getting wetter. There will always be wetter and dryer years and
decades. That is the nature of climate - it changes! Could be because of
butterflies flapping their wings...

https://www.drought.gov/states/mississippi#

That took just a few seconds to find.
You seem to be confused. The Mississippi River starts in northern Minnesota and flows 2400 miles to the Gulf. Along the way the river is fed by a humongous watershed and several humongous tributaries which in turn have humongous watersheds.
:
The Mississippi River begins as a trickle flowing out of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. From there the river flows 2,348 miles until it pours into the Gulf of Mexico below New Orleans.
:
:
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers. Given their flow volumes, major Ohio River tributaries like the Allegheny, Tennessee, and Wabash rivers are considered important tributaries to the Mississippi system.[5]
:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_System

The graphic labeled Mississippi River course, watershed, and major tributaries, shows in stunning detail how that river drains about 2/3 of the entire continent.- that\'s what\'s called humongous.

Low water levels on the Mississippi means the entire continent is dry, all the parts that receive significant rainfall anyway. That transcends being a mere drought.


John :-#)#
in order to make Mississippi navigable again
you need to invest money, a lot of money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

....as well as increasing the navigability of the river and making it possible for 10,000 tonne ocean-going vessels to reach 2,400 km inland for six months of the year

They already have a bunch of dams and locks in the northern half, and they\'re dredging like crazy everywhere else. But with low water levels, it\'s all the dredging can do to keep a single wide channel open.