Posted on 09/30/2017 11:55:40 AM PDT by ransomnote
Video at the link. Full title: Wow | River gauges/pics show the Mighty Mississippi River going dry! - NEW Tropical Storms
The vlogger received photos from some truckers who pass by the Mississippi River frequently. They said it's lower than they've ever seen it before. The vlogger accesses NOAA water level information that indicates water levels too low (or absent) in some stretches of the river to permit shipping.
How do the dams look up above?
...no doubt that pesky Global Warming!
Inform Algore soonest!
Huge drought in South Central Illinois and Missouri.
I googled and found a lot of stories about the river dropping -— in 2012.
Trump can build a canal from Canada.
Drought until the epic flooding started:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/us/missouri-severe-weather-flooding/index.html
April:
https://www.weather.gov/sgf/28-30AprilHistoricFloodingEvent
May:
https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/flood-threat-forecast-south-mississippi-valley-april2017
“Record flooding was observed in 14 locations from this event. Some river gauges in southern Missouri measured crests that had topped previous records standing for over 100 years.
Illinois River near Watts, Oklahoma (previous record: Dec. 28, 2015)
Big Piney at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri (previous record: March 19, 2008)
Black River at Pocahontas, Arkansas (previous record: April 28, 2011)
Current River at Doniphan, Missouri (previous record: March 1, 1904)
Current River at Van Buren, Missouri (previous record: March 26, 1904)
Gasconade River near Hazelgreen, Missouri (previous record: March 19, 2008)
Gasconade River at Jerome, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
Gasconade River near Rich Fountain, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
Jacks Fork at Eminence, Missouri (previous record: Nov. 15, 1993)
Meramec River near Steelville, Missouri (previous record: July 27, 1998)
Meramec River near Sullivan, Missouri (previous record: Aug. 1, 1915)
Meramec River near Eureka, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
North Fork White River near Tecumseh, Missouri (previous record: Aug. 1, 1915)
St. Francis River at Patterson, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 3, 1982)”
Another link from May:
“Mississippi River cresting in flood-hit Illinois, southern Missouri”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/06/us/flooding-mississippi-river/index.html
Yup. It dropped. Then this year it flooded April and May with reports of the river cresting etc. It’s still soggy in surrounding areas.
I have walked across the Mississippi. At the headwaters (the beginning).
how does the river dry up for 120 miles.
How can the river have water both above and below the dried up area?
ILLINOIS is in a drought, especially south central Illinois. My sister and brother have only seen a few inches since early summer. In the spring there was heavy rain and flooding, then nothing.
http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-illinois-drought-monitor-map.php
This happens on the river every couple of years. Nothing te o get excited about. One year it got so low that a wrecked steam boat was discovered near Cape Girardeau. Pretty cool.
The Upper Mississippi river is low because of drought, but the barge traffic is still moving. The Army Corps of Engineers is working to maintain the 9 foot navigation channels.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/09/25/corps-of-engineers-battles-low-river-levels/
CBS St. Louis: “Corps of Engineers Battles Low River Levels”
Well, you Sillies! It’s running DOWNHILL and empties into the Gulf of Mexico!
Build The Wall...right there! Problem solved! :)
Locks and dams create a series of pools, with a 9’ navigable channel all the way up and down. It’s a “managed river”.
And southern Iowa. Corn was drying up badly.
Isn’t there a verse in one of Hank Williams Jr.’s songs that says the Mississippi is going dry. And, that was a long time ago.
Country Boy Can Survive
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