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re: Missississippi River to corona: hold my beer
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:37 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:37 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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God is going to get rid of that Louisianan shithole one way or the other dammit
Did anyone say this when Nashville was hit with a deadly tornado a few weeks ago? You are allowed to not like a place, but wishing it to be wiped off a map is gross.
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Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:38 pm to Jim Rockford
It's not news that the Mississippi River is high in April.
It's four feet lower in BR than it was this time last year.
It's four feet lower in BR than it was this time last year.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:41 pm to The Boat
Absolute state of morganza.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:43 pm to LazloHollyfeld
Really?
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:49 pm to RockChalkTiger
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hen it does, Morgan City will become the new New Orleans, and New Orleans will become the new Galveston.
Morgan city will be all but gone. And the Atch river would take years to develop into a deep water port. 20 miles past light house and you're only in 20' of water.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:59 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Is this the end of times?
Hopefully.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:59 pm to Tiger Prawn
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i think we need to sacrifice a chicken or something at this point
Not until I get a TD koozie
good luck with that one...
you have to be at the right place at the right time for that sort of miracle...
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:05 pm to Capt ST
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And the Atch river would take years to develop into a deep water port.
New Orleans would still be a deepwater port. The riverbed is something like 180-190 feet below sea level at New Orleans. It would just become a saltwater port.
It would quickly shallow as you go upriver, though, so you lose the deepwater ports up near Baton Rouge and travel to the upper Mississippi. I want to say the bottom of the river at Baton Rouge is only a few feet below sea level. The river would be more than a few feet deep because some of the flow would initially still go down the current channel, but it would drastically lower the levels north of New Orleans and river traffic would become increasingly difficult and possibly seasonal. It's also likely that the reduced velocity of what does flow down the existing channel would increase silt deposition and eventually choke off the existing channel and completing the capture down the Atchafalaya.
You'd realistically have to go rail or overland to reach the port in New Orleans, but it should still be usable to the capacity of the non-river access to it. Of course, there would be nobody living in New Orleans to man the port because the river is the fresh water source and saltwater intrusion would make fresh water increasingly difficult to find in the area.
This post was edited on 3/30/20 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:31 pm to PrimeTime Money
God is trying to tell us something for sure.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:32 pm to Jim Rockford
OT first page is going to be nothing but emergency stickies between 'Rona and Hurricane/Flood season
Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:36 pm to Capt ST
With 30% of the flow. Increase it to 100% and the river will scour a channel all the way out to deep water. And the overflow would start to fill in Atchafalaya Bay. Or at least make it the best duck marsh in the country!
Posted on 3/31/20 at 6:49 am to Jim Rockford
Damn nature, you scary
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:03 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Of course, there would be nobody living in New Orleans to man the port because the river is the fresh water source and saltwater intrusion would make fresh water increasingly difficult to find in the area.
Thinking about the industrial impact makes my head hurt. Just thinking about refineries.. Phillips 66 Alliance, Valero Mereaux, and PBF Chalmette would likely shut down completely due to lack of fresh water. Exxon BR, Placid, Shell Convent, and Marathon Garyville would likely lose shipping capabilities due to the shallow water. Valero St. Charles and Shell Norco might be OK depending on how far the salt water intrusion goes upriver. Those refineries make up 13% of the nation’s capacity.
Posted on 3/31/20 at 7:36 am to tgrbaitn08
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But what about crawfish prices?
My buddy sold his spillway crawfish at the dock for $1.00/lb today.
At least now we know what it takes to bring down crawfish price, a world wide pandemic.
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