Posted on 08/07/2026 5:10:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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The blue Danube is showing its secrets.
We have been reporting on Europe’s summer from hell, where they are battling high temperatures, wildfires, and droughts.
One of the most dramatic cases if the mythical Danube river that is so low that the Nuclear Power Plants in Hungary and Romania had to be shut.
Now the situation has worsened even more to the point where remnants of the past are arising from the bottom of the river: dozens of WW2 ships and boats – and a mystery from a 1,000 years ago.
CBS News reported:
“Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.
They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube’s record-low water levels have also forced power plants to the brink of shutting down, and governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity.
[…] The ships, some still laden with weapons, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that the Germans deliberately sank as they retreated from Romania and as Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe near the end of the war.”
Reuters reported:
“The remains of what is believed to be an ancient mammoth have been revealed in northern Bulgaria, after Danube River water levels receded to a record low level, the BTA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing historians.
The animal’s remains were found on Wednesday by a local resident of the Ryahovo village, who noticed the unusual find on the river bed. Villagers then alerted specialists in the Regional History Museum in the nearby town of Ruse.”
Museum Director Nikolay Nenov: “’I would not call it a sensation, but any discovery of such ancient remains is very important for science’, Nenov said, adding it has been long believed that the site was a swamp where the animal probably died thousands of years ago.”
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Well, it’s not like you or I would ever profit from selling off our water. And HOPEFULLY no one in Congress will ever profit, either.
https://greatlakes.org/2026/02/top-5-great-lakes-federal-policy-priorities-for-2026/
Regardless, that Can of Worms gets opened every decade or so by the thirsty western states. ;)
[…] The ships, some still laden with weapons, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet”
Laden with weapons you say....😁😲🤔
I wonder how this is effecting those smaller river cruise companies? Kinda hard to take people down the Danube with no water in it.
I think it’s cool to be able to see what’s down there, though...
I remember back in the 1960s the Everglades were so dry Floridians were praying for a hurricane to bring rain water in.
A bit rusty....................
Nestle pays a $200/ year fee/ well to the State of MI for pumping unlimited water from the aquifer.( over a half million gallons/ day from Evart MI alone)
Thank you Rick Snyder (Dick) for looking out for your Citizens.
Snyder was indited on 2 counts of misconduct in office in the Flint water crisis, but had charges dismissed.
It does sound like a work-program, though. At least now you can haul off the bottom.
[singing] o Lord take me down river, just lookin' for some tusks...
I wonder how this is effecting those smaller river cruise companies? Kinda hard to take people down the Danube with no water in it.
Sounds as if it would be a great time to tour the Danube in a canoe or kayak!
Unless they were still in their shipping containers, packed in cosmoline, they are probably rusted to the point of being worthless.
But there might be some brass gauges worth something to collectors.
All that comes to my mind is, “Drain the rivers to check the status of the German Navy”.
Could be a great opportunity for Metal Detectorist to search the riverbed for bronze age weapons.
Two major storms in the Atlantic are heading that way. Looks like they’ll get some rain.
Fascinating...
We have friends who took a Danube River cruise years ago. Going in, they didn’t now that the boat constantly put them ashore to take a bus to the next place where they could re-board the boat. It was awful.
I thought the same...
That’s happened to friends of mine, too. The river was low so there were parts of the scenery that they missed by boat.
Another friend and her sister are taking this cruise this coming Christmastime. I hope the water levels are back up by then.
The Rio Grande is also nothing now. I drive over it daily on my commute through Albuquerque. Depending on the bridge I use (I-40, Paseo del Norte, or Alameda), it looks to be bone dry or mostly dry with little rivulets that you could probably step over.
Wondering about that, too. I am assuming they slipped a decimal.
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