For those who it concerns....
expect your cost of living to rise in the US.
Seems we have a barge or two run aground to the low water levels of the Mississippi River and the drought.
(http://water.weather.gov/resources/hydrographs/memt1_hg.png)
Just a little chart to show you,no big deal.
QuoteThe worst US drought in 50 years is making the mighty Mississippi River dry up and could curb shipping there altogether, reports Time. Dry conditions mean narrower, shallower passageways, so shippers are lightening their loads to avoid running aground. That could be huge, because 60% of the country's grain exports and a fifth of its coal are shipped via inland waterways. A severe drought in 1988 made some parts of the river unnavigable, costing the shipping industry $1 billion.
http://www.newser.com/story/151072/mississippi-river-drying-up.html (http://www.newser.com/story/151072/mississippi-river-drying-up.html)
Hope this is a temporary situation and not a long term event.
nuke plants out there can become a very issue.
Quote from: SarK0Y on August 03, 2012, 03:08:22 AM
nuke plants out there can become a very issue.
Now,I never thought of that angle.
Good point!
(http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/2012-08/c_mississippi_river_near_la_cross_wisconsin.jpg)
QuoteTraffic on the Mississippi River is shut down near La Crosse, Wisconsin, after a barge ran aground.
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Craig Fogarty told KSTP.COM a vessel ran around Wednesday night, but was able to free itself.
An earlier report from Reuters claimed it ran aground because of low water levels caused by the nation's drought. But Lt. Fogarty said a survey determined sediment was obstructing the bottom of the channel.
Grounding Halts Mississippi River Traffic in Wisconsin (http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2714020.shtml?cat=127)Hmmmm....
Drought-Stricken Farmers Pay the Price for Failed Climate Bill More of America Is A Disaster Than Not
More than 50 percent of American counties are now designated as disaster areas.
Thu Aug 2, 2012 01:30 PM ET
Content provided by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScienceQuoteTHE GIST
1. More than 1,000 counties in 26 states have been declared disaster areas by the federal government.
2. Livestock producers who are struggling to feed their herds.
3. The risk of drought in the central United States is expected to increase over the coming decades.
(http://news.discovery.com/earth/2012/08/02/mississippi-drought.jpg)
Aug. 2, 2012 -- A buoy used to help guide barges rests on the bank after the water level dropped on the Mississippi River, near Wyatt, Missouri. Some barge operators have lightened their loads or stopped running altogether on the lower Mississippi because of low water levels.
QuoteThe Secretary of Agriculture has declared 218 more U.S. counties to be drought disaster areas, bringing the total number of American counties designated as disaster areas (mainly due to drought) to more than 50 percent.
More than 1,000 counties in 26 states had already been declared disaster areas by the federal government prior to today's announcement. As of July 24, 53.44 percent of the land area of the United States and Puerto Rico was in moderate drought or worse, and 38.11 percent was in severe drought or worse.
More of America Is A Disaster Than Not (http://news.discovery.com/earth/us-counties-declared-disaster-120802.html)
QuoteAn earlier report from Reuters claimed it ran aground because of low water levels caused by the nation's drought. But Lt. Fogarty said a survey determined sediment was obstructing the bottom of the channel.
Guess we can blame it on the dredgers,eh?
But seriously,my gas prices just rose tonight as I am typing this.
Where I am located,I feel it will seriously affect our economy.
The failure of crops due to the drought could have a global impact.
Well the heat is killing my fruits and veggies this year...
the amount of water bill is not worth the return on the garden.
The Pomegranites are doing fine so far... they don't need much water
Fig trees and olive trees in commercial lots produced a lot and there is a doctors center with date palms that will be ripe soon. Still have tons in freezer from last year.
Its funny that no one harvests them :D
Quote from: zorgon on August 03, 2012, 06:40:39 AM
Well the heat is killing my fruits and veggies this year...
the amount of water bill is not worth the return on the garden.
The Pomegranites are doing fine so far... they don't need much water
Fig trees and olive trees in commercial lots produced a lot and there is a doctors center with date palms that will be ripe soon. Still have tons in freezer from last year.
Its funny that no one harvests them :D
Odd, we have had a nice summer so far here in FLA, and below average temps for over a month.
Also, according to my personal almanac, the west winds have never been so prominent as they have this year...HAARP?
Either HAARP or we are moving into a denser part of the galaxy like someone said earlier on another thread, and the solar radiation isnt forming the number of low clouds necessary to cool the planet.
As for the Mississippi, could it be all the diversion and redirecting the Army Corps has done lately thats finally killing Big Muddy?
Or the secret fracking the oil companies are doing up in the Wisconsin areas, creating underground sinkholes which are funneling off the flow of the Mississippi?
Oh no, humons never mess with nature, do they?(humons...;))
Cheers, and maybe the Nibiru episode will fill the rivers back up for good...ark rides anyone?
Le
Hehe is that like a diary LE? that made me chuckle for some reason,It put forth this picture
of yourself with little book with graphs & pie charts & tic boxes hehe.love it.
On a more serious note that river does look low. i thought it was called "old man river"?
not mud pool or whatever it was ya said.HAARP could have that filled in a couple of weeks
but there would be some strange weather.
So the boat got stuck on "silt" well that IS the bottom aint it?
Quoteaccording to my personal almanac
Quote from: stealthyaroura on August 03, 2012, 01:04:38 PM
Hehe is that like a diary LE? that made me chuckle for some reason,It put forth this picture
of yourself with little book with graphs & pie charts & tic boxes hehe.love it.
On a more serious note that river does look low. i thought it was called "old man river"?
not mud pool or whatever it was ya said.HAARP could have that filled in a couple of weeks
but there would be some strange weather.
So the boat got stuck on "silt" well that IS the bottom aint it?
You so silly, Stealthy! Yes its sorta like a diary for adults with to much time on their handsLOL!!!!
Ive been recording the wetaher patterns for decades now and also the growth anomalies of my garden plants. It has recorde everything in my life like sales and income, fishing results, gas prices and many more things...Its all on hard drive separate from my laptop.
I started it to use ot for my sunroom bsuiness to know when the weather patterns shifted for construction logistics, and it grew with so many pages and notes into what it is today...kinda chaotic and messy, some things nearly unfindable, but I dont ever take the time to spreadsheet everything to well, so it isnt much use to anyone who isnt me!!!
As for Big Muddy, which is a nickname Ive heard numerous times all up and down the MS river..heres the yahoo answer to that..
QuoteBoth the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers are nicknamed "Big Muddy" because of the mud and silt they carry, which gives them a dark, muddy color. Additionally, there is a Big Muddy River in Illinois that flows into theb Mississippi.
Ive never seen it so bad as when we rented a boat in Shelby County Tennessee, and it overheated from the mud clogging the impellers in the engines. Nasty brown water you wouldnt want to even get on your skin!
The silt actually has an effect on the bottom of large flat bottomed vessels, like a suction which holds them on the spot they stop, and it takes two or three tugs sometimes to get the moving again.
As for a flood from HAARP filling the river, well, itll be more like HAARP casuing a tsunami which will come up the river, not down, and that subsequent salt water intrusion would kill everything that lives in it for hundreds of miles upstream...a true disaster.
I mean who would then be able to do that hillbilly handfishing then, if all the catfish died?;)
That silt is from a lot of places, and has so many nasty things comprising it, if they do dredge it, the guys on the dredge usually have to volunteer for the job...even the dirty jobs guy would puke if he smelled it!LOL!
Cheers!
If I remember correctly, the drought in the late 1980's uncovered a number of shipwrecks along the Miss. Then the weather turned around and the river flooded a few years later. Climate change is part of the geological record. I think we're just more cognizant of it now.
Shasta
And the river was at flood levels just last year. It is a natural cycle all created by the giant light bulb.
Quote from: vril on August 03, 2012, 04:27:56 PM
And the river was at flood levels just last year. It is a natural cycle all created by the giant light bulb.
Exactly, Vril...exactly!(gold!)
Le
Quote from: kdog on August 03, 2012, 03:57:36 AM
Now,I never thought of that angle.
Good point!
modern industry ain't good with droughts 'cause any facility uses immense volumes of water as solvent & coolant w/ no closed loops(recycling) + intake needs not only optimal water level, but temperature & chemical/biological compound too. frankly, this climatic conditions can trigger severe industrial disasters.
I know where all that water went :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXp9CUZmzo
I don't like winter. I'm one of those weird Colorado natives that doesn't ski. I tried it. Not my thing. This year I'm ready for winter to come. It can snow on my yard, and leave a nice little dusting on my driveway. It could snow here right after Labor Day and then be in the 80's a couple days later. Phooey.
Shasta
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11-mile stretch of Miss. River closed, 90+ boats & barges stuck
By: Andrea Lindenberg |
Published: August 20, 2012 Updated: August 20, 2012 - 8:33 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says 97 boats and barges are waiting for passage along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed because of low water levels.
Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets told The Associated Press on Monday that the stretch of river near Greenville, Miss., has been closed intermittently since Aug. 11, when a vessel ran aground.
Tippets says that the area is currently being surveyed for dredging and that a Coast Guard boat is currently replacing eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound vessels and 57 southbound vessels are currently stranded and waiting for passage.
Tippets says it is not immediately clear when the river will reopen. He says the stretch of river that has been closed was a possible site for more groundings.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2012/aug/20/11-mile-stretch-miss-river-closed-90-boats-barges--ar-4378270/
Down here at the mouth of the Mississippi we have salt water intrusion up the river past the Raw Water intake pumps that supplies the fresh drink water to the lower end of the parish.
:(
Quote from: Sgt.Rocknroll on August 21, 2012, 08:55:36 PM
Down here at the mouth of the Mississippi we have salt water intrusion up the river past the Raw Water intake pumps that supplies the fresh drink water to the lower end of the parish.
:(
That sucks, Sarge, have they told you to stop drinking the water, and boil it, or can they purify the salt out of it?
If the taps go down, it could be another Katrina!
Im sure hoping for the best for you and the state of La, one of my favorite places.
Be well, Sarge!
Le
Sarge
wow.. hope you can get out of there.. it sure doesn't look good
watch out for those giant shrimp... ;)