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re: New Orleans drinking water issue on National News this AM. Guess it’s a real issue?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:02 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:02 pm to tgrbaitn08
Well, I guess you should let the Corps know they are overreacting and this year is no different.
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Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:08 pm to fightin tigers
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Well, I guess you should let the Corps know they are overreacting and this year is no different.
They have already stated that they are doing the same thing they did last year but are increasing the protection compared to what they did last year and in 2012....
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:09 pm to tgrbaitn08
I mean, they aren't. But if that is how you read it then great.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:10 pm to fightin tigers
Water levels on the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row
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Water levels along the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row after this summer’s blistering heat and low rainfall triggered extreme drought across parts of the Central US.
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The same stretch of the river experienced record-low water levels last year in October, which brought major impacts on farming communities and barge traffic during the critical harvest period, where staple Midwestern crops including soybeans, corn and wheat are transported down the river.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:14 pm to fightin tigers
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To mitigate for the Deep Draft Shipping Channel’s influence on the rate of upriver saltwater progression, USACE constructed an underwater barrier sill in July 2023 to create an artificial basin that delays the ingress of saltwater beyond river mile 64 above Head of Passes. An underwater sill was constructed on four previous occasions in 1988, 1999, 2012 and last year in 2022. During previous low-water events, such as 1988 and 2012, barging was used to transport fresh water to treatment facilities downriver of the saltwater wedge.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:16 pm to tgrbaitn08
Well. That explains why you are misinformed.
Will just say you are making a lot of assumptions in you "happens all the time" statement.
Will just say you are making a lot of assumptions in you "happens all the time" statement.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:18 pm to fightin tigers
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Saltwater intrusion is a naturally occurring phenomenon when the river flows fall below 300,000 cubic feet per second because the mass of fresh water is no longer capable of preventing saltwater from moving into the below-sea-level river channel. The current National Weather Service forecast projects river levels falling to approximately 130,000 cubic feet per second in the New Orleans area. These levels represent the lowest river volume in this area since the recorded low of 120,000 cubic feet per second in 1988.
“This low-water event marks the first time underwater sills were required in back-to-back years as a result of saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico,” Jones added. “However, the New Orleans District is ready to meet this challenge with the best science, engineering data, and technology available.”
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:19 pm to Hangit
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They also forgot to mention that nobody in N.O. drinks the water from the tap because it has been poisoned since the first petrochemical plants were opened. They all just dumped into the river back then.
FWIW, agriculture is by far the largest source of pollution in the Mississippi River today. I don’t doubt that there were some shady discharge practices among petrochemical plants back in the day. But nowadays, the river is so filthy by the time it makes it down here that many plants discharge cleaner water than they intake.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:19 pm to fightin tigers
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Well. That explains why you are misinformed.
That explains why you're a dumbass..I dont even know what you're arguing about about
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:21 pm to fightin tigers
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in you "happens all the time" statement.
When and where did I say it "happens all the time"?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
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tgrbaitn08
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fightin tigers
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Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:25 pm to tgrbaitn08
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fightin tigers
Link the post where I posted "it happens all the time"
You made the claim that I posted that, prove it that's what I posted
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:25 pm to Emteein
I’ve seen better drinkable water in Flint.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:32 pm to tgrbaitn08
Maybe you didn't.
Still wrong to equate this year to last just because there was a sill built in both years.
Still wrong to equate this year to last just because there was a sill built in both years.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:39 pm to tgrbaitn08
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That explains why you're a dumbass..I dont even know what you're arguing about about
I feel like a lot of your argument has been akin to “we had a named storm last year and people used their generator and flash lights” to project that a hurricane this year knocking power out is the same thing.
They are saying that this is likely the further than the 1988 intrusion and sticking around longer and using that as the barometer of the worst in decades…. So their are degrees here and this seems worse than last year or 2012 even if the preparation is similar.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 6:47 pm to NoSaint
I’m not making an argument. I’m stating facts and quotes from last year and years before vs this year.
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the next 34 days.
show me where I’m trying to argue?
That’s you and your other buddy that live to argue facts
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the next 34 days.
show me where I’m trying to argue? That’s you and your other buddy that live to argue facts
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 6:50 pm
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