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The Mississippi River Is Drying Up
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Sorting through info at wiki I noted spring of '11 the Army Core of Engineers did a lot of aggressive flood control work upstream to prevent downstream flood events which happen even in drought conditions which were happening in the region last year too.
So I'm wondering if last year's efforts efforts are causing problems this year in southernmost u.s. mississippi region.
Quoting: DawaSatso Thanks for your comment...  That was the first thing that came to my mind... Where did all the water go? Well doesn't it line up that upstream water is still being diverted in rather serious ways? So naively knowing little, depending on northern spring runoff with it's complex features the question is how powerful was this year's runoff. If northern runoff was less than impressive couple that with the last southern severe drought 50 years ago. Next question would be if northern runoff was standard this year that would not be enough to lower the level of the mississippi. So I wonder if what is really happening is that the ACE is making up for endangered crumbling dams, as I recall there were 2 or 3, and so they may have done a semi-permanent fix diverting flow to places that prior to now had none. For certain we're not getting the whole story. That is for certain. You are so right on target.. Thanks... I'm sending you a green karma.. I wish I could send you more than one.....
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