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amnlkingdom t1_j0pp2yq wrote

How is it recovering from the summer drought conditions?

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evrreadi t1_j0puvjx wrote

Because the dams have started releasing the water they were holding back for agriculture use. Farmers don't need so much water and there have been fall rain storms that have made up for some of the drought.

River still looks low though. But at least it is flowing some.

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Large-Statistician-3 t1_j0qbsaj wrote

It's all Canada's fault. They hold the water till it becomes a problem then send it down to the next city. By the time it gets to Minnesota it's a biblical flood. Every time.

Then they hit us with the "oh sorry about that there biblical flood eh"

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Picture_Me_Rolling t1_j0r8vuv wrote

You do realize that the Mississippi River starts in Minnesota, right? It isn’t fed by any Canadian rivers.

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Leznik t1_j0s6xca wrote

Nonsense! It's never our fault! Fucking Canadians! /s

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adamopal OP t1_j0pvzve wrote

This was from a few weeks ago.

Based on what I what I saw last week at the Arch it has really gone up. Some of the rivers that feed into it have it have.

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GratefulPhish42024-7 t1_j0pagzt wrote

Now I taught that weeping willow how to cry

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky

And the tears I cried for that woman, are you gonna flood you big river

And I'm going to sit here till I die

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Volkodavy t1_j0qdb47 wrote

This is where Foodiechina888 gets his fresh supply

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kookaburrakachoo t1_j0pq6xi wrote

My old science teacher told our class "The Mississippi River is the butthole of the United States." I'm not sure how relevant that is.

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HanMaBoogie t1_j0q3r12 wrote

The river itself is more like America’s colon. The MR watershed covers about 40 percent of the continental US and parts of Canada. Whatever trash, fertilizer or other agricultural chemicals that go on the ground within the watershed end up flushed down the river. In this metaphor, Port Eads, LA would be the butthole.

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stltk65 t1_j0q932d wrote

Man never thought I'd see falls on the lower Mississippi

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adamopal OP t1_j0qalcf wrote

Its not far from the old Chain of Rocks bridge. At one point I kind of knew the story.

Barges can't pass at this point, but there is a channel that they can.

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