Posted on 08/20/2012 6:53:50 PM PDT by Kartographer
Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said. New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets said the stretch of river near Greenville, Miss., has been closed intermittently since Aug. 11, when a vessel ran aground. Tippets said the area is currently being surveyed for dredging and a Coast Guard boat is replacing eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound vessels and 57 southbound vessels were stranded and waiting for passage Monday afternoon.
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The “Far West” in that picture was a Missouri River boat. She had the duty of bringing Gen. Custer’s body back downriver from Little Big Horn.
Not this year!
It’s only a problem if you need to buy anything that gets shipped down the river like coal, steel, lumber, food, fuel, etc. 60 percent of US grain export is shipped on the river.
So, the depth isn’t mark twain these days.
Wow! You river rats sure have some peculiar ways of doing things!
A lot less this year with the drought.
The River has always been precarious for navigation, constantly changing. There never have been any guarantees of navigability.
Oh-Bah-Mah promised to make the waters recede, so at last, here’s a promise that he kept.
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