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Flyover County User ID: 35687661 United States 07/30/2016 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wondering if this is one of the shovel ready jobs we were promised Last Edited by Flyover County on 07/30/2016 11:52 AM If something can corrupt you then you're already corrupt. Bob Marley |
The Comedian :D User ID: 15542428 United States 07/30/2016 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Black people don't need no locks. Locks keep black folk out, and that's racist. No More Locks! No More Locks! Saint Comedian, Patron Saint of Bringing the Butthurt to Dipshits ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’ - General Mattis, USMC, Secretary of Defense [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] "Subterfuge and social pressure are the wheel and fire of the 21st century" - Some asshole Legal Disclaimer: All comments are intended as humor and/or fiction and not advice, and not to be confused with any event or person, living or dead. |
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The Comedian :D User ID: 15542428 United States 07/30/2016 12:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That was actually my first thought as well. Well, now we know that "shovel ready jobs" was a code word for "Democrat Union slush fund". Saint Comedian, Patron Saint of Bringing the Butthurt to Dipshits ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’ - General Mattis, USMC, Secretary of Defense [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] "Subterfuge and social pressure are the wheel and fire of the 21st century" - Some asshole Legal Disclaimer: All comments are intended as humor and/or fiction and not advice, and not to be confused with any event or person, living or dead. |
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Elegant Walnut (OP) User ID: 24599162 Canada 07/30/2016 12:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're welcome. One thing I find very interesting is just how important to North America these locks are to receive shipments from areas beyond the Atlantic. Even beyond the locks themselves, it shows how an earthquake, disaster or catastrophe affecting the Great Lakes could, in turn, significantly affect all North Americans. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 72276352 United States 07/30/2016 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "A six-month shutdown of the Poe Lock … would plunge the nation into recession, closing factories and mines, halting auto and appliance production in the U.S. for most of a year and result in the loss of some 11-million jobs." Quoting: Elegant Walnut Inside the aging lock that is one breakdown away from crippling North America’s economy FINANCIAL POST Peter Kuitenbrouwer | July 29, 2016 12:31 PM ET SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. — The dispatch tower above the Soo Locks on a fine July day offers a spectacular view, but there is little time to admire it. There are five telephones and five radios, and at 9 a.m. a radio squawks. “Go ahead, captain,” says Chris Albrough, lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Can I have the upper and lower water levels?” asks someone who turns out to be captain of the M/V Burns Harbor, owned by the American Steamship Co. “Upper is plus 24 inches, lower is plus 31 inches,” Albrough replies, reading from one of five screens. Translation: the water in Lake Superior today is 24 inches above its mean level, whereas the St. Mary’s River is 31 inches above. He watches as the mammoth bulk carrier ship slips from the Poe Lock into Lake Superior. Few people ever think about locks. But the two U.S.-owned ones here, the MacArthur Lock and the Poe Lock, are linchpins of the Canadian and U.S. economies. More than 4,000 huge lake vessels each year haul treasure — especially iron ore and wheat — through the Poe, the only lock large enough to fit the big lakers. In other words, the Poe is the only link from Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean beyond, and it’s living on borrowed time. In two years, the Poe turns 50, and, with Congress reluctant to fund a new lock, concerns are growing about its reliability. The lock broke earlier this week, blowing an O ring on a hydraulic line that feeds the gate activator. Luckily, mechanics fixed it in 45 minutes. It was not a moment too soon. The North American economy needs this lock. The iron ore that passes through here each year becomes more than US$500 billion worth of cars, trucks, fridges, bridges and other things made of steel. A bigger failure would spell catastrophe and it’s an increasing probability. [link to business.financialpost.com] So how come the private industry can no longer fund or start cooperatives like before on such projects? Why is Congress and the state involved? Problems like this, the private industry always rised to fix bottle necks like this. Oh I forgot, government neutered private industry on logistics and infrastructure. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1565897 United States 07/30/2016 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A shining example of our Mongrel-Theist, politicians being more concerned with playing Grab-Ass, and Blathering Rapefugees propaganda for Border Jumping Criminal Insurgents than tending to the business of the United States? Monkey-Shines... . |
hankie Everything User ID: 71719409 United States 07/30/2016 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But they said man made global warming was drying up the great lakes. Idiots. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72463521 Yes they did, but while they were claiming this the real agenda was the carbon tax that means money in their pockets. Sorry I got a headache These are the times that tries men's and women's souls! May we come though it victorious! |
Judethz User ID: 69883546 United Kingdom 07/30/2016 12:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is the view from the London Road Swing Bridge that crosses the Manchester Ship Canal, with the Latchford Locks in the background. My sister and I walked across it 2 to 6 times a day going to school and what have you. Last Edited by Judethz on 07/30/2016 12:50 PM |
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MarPep User ID: 24141957 United States 07/30/2016 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There are four side-by-side locks at the Soo Lock. Last Edited by MarPep on 07/30/2016 01:01 PM _______________ They let me off with a warning and a couple of bullet holes. |
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humbird User ID: 65412665 United States 07/30/2016 01:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Obama promised to shore up our infrastructure, and everything he said was the opposite. He really meant the infrastructure was doomed. Now Hillary is promising the same. Guess what?? "Aside from the small band of Forteans scattered around the world, nobody seems to notice all aspects of this phantasmagoria." John Keel |
Elegant Walnut (OP) User ID: 24599162 Canada 07/30/2016 01:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes, there are four, but not all are operational: Sabin lock: Not operational. Site planned for new lock. Davis Lock: Opened 1914. Only 24 m wide and 7 m deep. Is rarely used. Poe Lock: Opened in 1968. At 365 m long, 33 m wide and 10 m deep it is the only lock large enough for the big bulk carrier ships on the Great Lakes MacArthur Lock: Opened in 1943, 24 m wide and 9 m deep. Used for smaller cargo ships. Source: Graphic [link to business.financialpost.com] Last Edited by Elegant Walnut on 07/30/2016 07:09 PM |
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Sea Reef User ID: 45964908 United States 07/30/2016 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Actually the main lynchpin of the US Economy is the I40 Bridge in Memphis TN! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65837033 It has been said a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid fault would destroy Memphis. Would you explain why the I40 is so important? Think that was a joke referring to BLM. A crowd of more than 1,000 shut down the Interstate 40 bridge for nearly four hours Sunday night as part of a protest over recent killings of black men by police officers. [link to www.commercialappeal.com] Last Edited by Sea Reef on 07/30/2016 01:41 PM |
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