I’d say there is a smell of mismanagement in the air.
Besides, we won’t need the canal when the icecaps melt, anyway.
LOL. Wasn’t “global warming” supposed to make sea level rise? How the hell can a drought affect the level of the atlantic and pacific, oceans?
Ping!
Wait.
The canal has a large ocean on each side of it.
I thought climate change predicted the sea level to rise.
But this author is reporting the exact opposite.
Which is it, Skippy?
“Whattaya gonna do? It’s global climate change. Shut up and take it.”
Waiting for El Niño to come along and fix everything ...
Or maybe it’s La Niña ...
https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/08/panama.canal.closed/index.html
“....worst drought in 100 years.”
So what caused the bad drought 100 years ago?
I’ve just read nearly 100 replies to this post.
I have learned that the average intelligence of Freepers must have dropped precipitously over the 20+ years I have been here.
Good grief! I thought it was common knowledge as to why there are locks on a canal.
I bet people will tell me I am wrong when I say that you must travel from west to east to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
I thought the sea levels were supposed to rise. {/S}.
Better start digging that new ditch in Nicaragua...