How about that Mississippi River!?

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HawkinsHollow

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I had not heard anything about this before today. But I guess the Mississippi is crazy low. Anyone have any first hand knowledge of this? Is it as bad as the news is saying about it?
 
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I had not heard anything about this before today. But I guess the Mississippi is crazy low. Anyone have any first hand knowledge of this? Is it as bad as the news is saying about it?
I’ve seen photos that look pretty low. Hard to believe it is that low.
 
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And they are wanting to take water from the Mississippi and send it out west.
 
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I had not heard anything about this before today. But I guess the Mississippi is crazy low. Anyone have any first hand knowledge of this? Is it as bad as the news is saying about it?
Yeah, we were down along the river from Nashville to Tunica about 4 weeks ago. Sand bars every where and not much barge traffic at all. They were tied up all over the place, but few moving.
 
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Many barges are waiting for higher water to move up mississippi.
 
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I guess it is severely hampering barge traffic. They can carry less tonnage and do it slower. The main commodity that is shipped this time of the year is grains. One more thing to raise food costs.

It is presently 6 feet from its lowest levels in recorded history.
 
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I guess it is severely hampering barge traffic. They can carry less tonnage and do it slower. The main commodity that is shipped this time of the year is grains. One more thing to raise food costs.

It is presently 6 feet from its lowest levels in recorded history.
I think most of the grain transported on barges on the MS is destined for export.
 

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