You guys want water?

[justwannano]

You can have some of ours.
Besides the Mississippi being 4th highest in history some tow boat captain managed to let a full of grain barge come loose from its mooring and it crashed into 2 bridges near here.
When it hit the railroad bridge it became wedged under it.
They hooked a tow to it and pulled it free then the rope broke and it crashed into the bridge again.
Last I heard they were going to sink it and check for damage to the bridge.
All the coal trains that go through here , about every 20 minutes, are stopped.
The current on that big river is pretty strong with the flood and all. Sinking that barge will hold back more of the water. Crest at Burlington was supposed to be this weekend. Now we have storms coming through.
Yep yall can have some of this water.

Not only that but all of the boat ramps in this area are under water too. Been wantin to go fishin :rolleyes:

anyway have a good one
just

[BILLY D.]

Hey just

Ft. Peck in Montana, Sakakawea in North Dakota and Oahe in South Dakota are at record levels below Normal. Sakawea is 28 feet below normal. This is just a small Lake. 129 long miles by about 10 miles wide. 3000 miles of coastline.

Why are these Lakes so low, I'll tell you why.

It's to support downstream navigation on the Mississip.

I'd like to convey my true feelings about DOWNSTREAM NAVIGATION but I don't have enough curse words nor is their enough Protons, Neutrons and Electrons in this site to support it.

By the time The Corps Of Engineers get done screwing around this summer to regulate the water flow from the upper Missouri I'll have more water in my bathtub than we have in these 3 major dams.

If I had my way these three major dams would be removed and everything South of St. Louis would be in Cuba.

Lets hear 'em scream about DOWNSTREAM NAVIGATION then. Don't expect any sympathy from Noth Dakotans, Montanans or South Dakotans.

We got screwed on this matter......big time.

Best wishes, Bill

[justwannano]

Well I guess we know where you stand.

The lock and dam system of navagation is composed of something like 27 L&Ds. They are from St Louis North.
Don't know or care if they hold back the Missouri or not.but since the Missouri dumps into the Miss at St Louis I would guess not.

Now are you talking about that other big river that was known to be 1 mile wide and an inch deep? Now I believe that was before the Corps channeled it. And those bodies of water , are they natural lakes or just impoundments? You know for flood control.

I've got to admit that I don't know much about the Missouri but doesn't the whole west have a drought problem or is it just Montana and the Dakotas?

The lower Mississippi apparently doesn't need more water to run barges or the Corps would have built more L&Ds.

I checked record water levels at Cape Girardo Missouri and found that in 1909, before the L&Ds the record low water level was .6 feet.
So that tells me that low water levels are nothing new to the rivers and since cape Girardo is below the L&D system the Missouri river must not have had much water in it either.

This is spring time. The time for floods.
I checked the Missouri river levels in the Kansas city area, the only district that the Missouri runs through where I could find records and found you guys are as much as 6 feet below flood level and as I said before its the time for floods.

I think your concerns are probably founded but i have to question your target.


Here is where I got my information
http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm

[Nulle]

Well Billy you hit that nail on the head and it has been this way for years.