[HN Gopher] Barge traffic halted on Mississippi River by lowest ...
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Barge traffic halted on Mississippi River by lowest water levels in
a decade
Author : rntn
Score : 23 points
Date : 2022-10-08 17:27 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| pasttense01 wrote:
| Not just barges:
|
| Viking cruise ship can't finish voyage because Mississippi River
| is too low
|
| https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/viking-cruise-low-water-m...
| akomtu wrote:
| Looks like we are well positioned for the upcoming year. I was
| worried we're running out of disasters and cataclysms by the end
| of the year.
| deepsun wrote:
| Well, the biggest one is war, and it's nowhere near "running
| out". In afraid it will spill off to the rest of the world
| eventually.
| bitwize wrote:
| There's a haboob hitting the California desert as well! So,
| we're pretty well stocked on disasters.
| klyrs wrote:
| TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob
| tuatoru wrote:
| Yep, the Strategic Disaster Reserve is well topped up.
| [deleted]
| protomyth wrote:
| A lot of people don't realize how much is transported down the
| river systems in the US. This is not good since they are delayed
| and this is going to have effects down the rest of the chain.
| Another thing adding to prices is not good.
| Vvector wrote:
| Yet the West wants to "solve" their drought by shipping
| Mississippi over the Rockies. Maybe just stop farming water-
| intensive crops in the desert?
| Maursault wrote:
| It'll be fine. We can restore the Mississippi with excess fresh
| water piped in from Florida.
| stjohnswarts wrote:
| Whenever I bring this point up to my friends out west they get
| unduly angry and say there's plenty of water, everyone just
| needs to conserve although like 70-80% of it goes to
| agriculture
| tracerbulletx wrote:
| Are your friends all farmers? Because everyone out here in
| the cities would be perfectly happy reducing agricultural
| usage.
| twelve40 wrote:
| no, but a lot of people here are just hellbent on
| "conserving" a glass of water at a restaurant, even though
| human consumption is almost negligible compared to
| agriculture. I guess it makes them feel like they are
| making an impact. And yes, they do get very angry if anyone
| questions the logic behind that behavior.
| Turing_Machine wrote:
| > Because everyone out here in the cities would be
| perfectly happy reducing agricultural usage.
|
| At least until the food stops showing up at the store.
|
| But by then it will be too late.
| gerikson wrote:
| To be fair, while it's a bonkers idea, the plan would be to
| divert water from the Old River Control Structure to lessen the
| flow of water down the Achafalaya. This issue is further
| upstream.
| downvotetruth wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32459622
| Vvector wrote:
| But the idea keeps popping up.
|
| https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2022/08/14/.
| ..
|
| https://grist.org/agriculture/drought-water-pipeline-cost-
| we...
|
| https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/15/climat.
| ..
| downvotetruth wrote:
| Yellow Journalism; North American Water and Power Authority
| Plan is mentioned in the USA link
| [deleted]
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