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Post by jdd2 on Oct 30, 2022 19:00:12 GMT -5
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Post by james on Oct 30, 2022 19:32:40 GMT -5
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 30, 2022 19:58:43 GMT -5
Things can be amazing and sad at the same time, can't they? I'm going to have to make the short trip to the Mississippi next weekend to see what it looks like up north here. The whole prospect makes me sad.
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Post by theevan on Oct 30, 2022 20:00:32 GMT -5
In Baton Rouge am old sunken merchant ship has been exposed, Archeologists, & sociologists are all over that thing.
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Post by Cornflake on Oct 30, 2022 20:18:58 GMT -5
I think the evidence indicates that climate change is quite real. That doesn't mean that every oddity in the weather is caused by climate change. My limited knowledge suggests that the Mississippi's problems are probably a short-term phenomenon. Feel free to correct me if you have better information.
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Post by aquaduct on Oct 30, 2022 21:01:45 GMT -5
Hmmmm.....,
"The Mississippi River reached a record low Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Memphis said. The previous record was set in 1988."
Somehow I doubt 1988 indicates "historic" lows. Not even historic in terms of the history of the country.
I'll wait for more seriously knowledgeable folks wiegh in before I lose my mind about "global warming".
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Post by james on Oct 30, 2022 21:21:47 GMT -5
Some other Mississippi low water records have been beaten. "At least three other low-water records have been set along the Lower Mississippi north of Memphis: Osceola, AR: -11.55 feet on Oct. 19 (previous record: -10.30 feet on July 11, 1988; data since at least 1927) Caruthersville, MO: -1.73 feet on Oct. 18 (previous record: -0.82 feet on Aug. 30, 2012; data since at least 1931) New Madrid, MO: -5.45 feet on Oct. 15 (previous record: -5.32 feet on Aug. 30, 2012; data since 1879) A noteworthy record has also been set south of Memphis: Greenville, MS: 5.51 feet on Oct. 23 (previous record: 6.70 feet on Jan. 4, 1964; data since at least 1890)" yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/10/mississippi-river-record-low-water-levels-ease-some-but-long-term-forecast-is-dry/ |
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Post by jdd2 on Oct 31, 2022 0:46:42 GMT -5
Yes, if you read the article, it gives feet below "low stage" for quite a few places along the river. I suppose this is the opposite/inverse of water levels cresting differently, at different times, in different places. Memphis is pegged at just over 14 feet below low stage; back up where the ohio comes in, it's 2.7 feet below low stage. Barges backed up and limits on loads, shipping costs up--almost like the container ship backups before in san diego.  |
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Post by Marshall on Oct 31, 2022 8:45:31 GMT -5
Interesting. Sad, really. There are no dams and locks on the Mississippi south of Minneapolis, are there?
I'm regularly reminded that Chicago is only 700 ft above New Orleans. That's a looooooooooooonnnnnggg slooooooooooow drop off. When I was in Arizona, Flake's house in Phoenix is about 1200 above sea level. Our friends in Carefree, a northern suburb, is a thousand feet higher in elevation. Whereas Chicago is 700 feet above NO.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 31, 2022 8:50:34 GMT -5
Interesting. Sad, really. There are no dams and locks on the Mississippi south of Minneapolis, are there? Do you mean north? Because all the locks and dams are south of Mpls. |
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Post by Marty on Oct 31, 2022 8:52:28 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Oct 31, 2022 8:56:41 GMT -5
Dam !
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Post by jdd2 on Oct 31, 2022 9:31:31 GMT -5
Damnation (a country with a lot of dams)
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