Update on the Mississippi River.

[BTO_farmall]

The Mighty Mississippi is Thee Most Important River System in Thee Entire World. Think What yous be without it, WOW. The Mighty Mississip is very Beneficial to The Comedian Farmer in more ways Than One. WATCH, The Fertie Cartel gunna Play This Card Big Time, River shuts down 4long, Prices Goin Up, Up, & Away!!!!!!!!! I Say Open Up The Rail Roads Boy!!!!!!!!! Chugga-Chugga-Choo-Choo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TOM4CWB]

BTO,

Not maintaining the Mississippi 9' flow for the needed transport draft is prooof Obama does not understand his job. A sad day for the USA.

[ado089]

longshoreman in the PNW are going on
strike soon too. Could get interesting
out there as the few ways that the U.S.
is able to get product to market start to disappear.

[Rareearth]

The only way to break the threat of strike is to hire
more managers, non union. It would only be a
title, manager of .... What I was doing before.

Let the entitled unionism strike, management
could operate the system, lock out the union for a
year. How long would it take to deplete the strike
fund, then add one month, the workers would be
grateful.

I see and here to many stories of entitled
employes, work to rule every day.

[checking]

How do you suggest Obama make water to supply the Mississippi? All the praying doesn't get it done, Tom.

Stealing it from one watershed to supply another isn't going to be popular if it puts that section in jeopardy. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, not smart.

[bucket]

Good points, rareearth.

In a fragile economy, I find it arrogant for people to consider striking. They only way they will begin to understand, is for them to go without a paycheque for quite a while.

Maybe the people on the west coast don't understand there are hundreds of thousands of people that would love their job and lifestyle.

Much like the NHL stalemate, its pure arrogance that its doesn't get resolved.

[TOM4CWB]

Checking,

Changing the Mississippi water level is as simple as signing a piece of paper for Obama.

There is huge amounts of water in the Missouri reservoirs. something like a release of 1 or 2 percent of stored water would keep the Mississippi transport working at 9' of draft for the winter season 2013.

"The low water level on the Mississippi River after this year's devastating dry spell was exacerbated by the corps' decision to reduce by even more than usual the amount of water that flows into the waterway from the Missouri River. The corps reduces the Missouri River flow every autumn.

The move raised protests from Midwestern governors and senators who urged President Barack Obama to rescind the decision for fear that badly needed income would be lost through the disruption of commerce that flows through the river.

The river groups met last week with White House staff "and continue to implore them and members of Congress and the Corps to release additional water to sustain navigation on the Mississippi River," the council said.


Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20121227/NEWS10/121229904/low-water-may-halt-mississippi-river-transport-next-week#ixzz2GePQVUMm
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Happy New Year

[TOM4CWB]

More water for Mississippi...

Kind of like the 'Fiscal Cliff';

Dec 28/2012
(Reuters) — The drought-hit Mississippi River will stay open to commerce a few days longer than expected following the release of water from a lake in southern Illinois, a group of shippers said Friday.

The river, which carries about $7 billion in commodities in December and January, will effectively close near Thebes, Ill., around Jan. 7, according to the latest forecast from the Waterways Council and American Waterways Operators.

The groups on Wednesday had pegged the closure at Jan. 3 or 4.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the second time released water from Carlyle Lake into the river to aid transportation Thursday.

Water levels have fallen to near-record lows because of the worst U.S. drought since 1956.


Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20121228/NEWS10/121229873/release-of-lake-water-buys-time-for-mississippi-river-shipping#ixzz2GeYKv2nE
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[bucket]

This happens in a country that has planned for dry cycles like this.

Canada is so far behind in its infrastucture, by the time the politicians realize its time to do something it will be far too late.

Complete incompetence and lack of vision.

[checking]

...drought conditions persist throughout the Missouri River basin... December, 2012 - Army Corp... true, or not true?

Why would you put a second system at risk? Would you really burn my house to perhaps save your house of greater value? If you would, then I agree with the comments of a certain poster.