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  • Re: Barges hit bottom of Mississippi River as water levels approach his

    From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 24 08:07:11 2022
    XPost: alt.survival, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.guns

    BeamMeUpScotty <NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov> on Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:22:00
    -0400 typed in alt.survival the following:

    Bring in smaller barges or half fill the big ones so they float in
    shallow water.

    two issues:
    1) There aren't "smaller barges" available. (and from where are
    you going to "bring in" those smaller barges?)
    2) "half full" barges
    A) double the number of trips required,
    B) still draw too much water stay off the bottom.

    Low water also means barges can't reach the river side facilities.

    In places, formerly navigable rivers can be forded on foot. I'm
    not sure how one magically makes rivers passable, or make barges able
    to travel on the morning dew, but I am sure that the "schmart people"
    in DC believe they have a way.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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  • From Klaus Schadenfreude@21:1/5 to phamp@mindspring.com on Mon Oct 24 08:33:57 2022
    XPost: alt.survival, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.guns

    On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:07:11 -0700, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    BeamMeUpScotty <NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov> on Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:22:00
    -0400 typed in alt.survival the following:

    Bring in smaller barges or half fill the big ones so they float in
    shallow water.

    two issues:
    1) There aren't "smaller barges" available. (and from where are
    you going to "bring in" those smaller barges?)
    2) "half full" barges
    A) double the number of trips required,
    B) still draw too much water stay off the bottom.

    Low water also means barges can't reach the river side facilities.

    In places, formerly navigable rivers can be forded on foot. I'm
    not sure how one magically makes rivers passable, or make barges able
    to travel on the morning dew, but I am sure that the "schmart people"
    in DC believe they have a way.

    "I will release 1.1 million barrels of water from the Strategic Water
    Reserve into the Mississippi" said Biden.

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 24 19:49:53 2022
    XPost: alt.survival, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.guns

    Klaus Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com> on
    Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:33:57 -0700 typed in alt.survival the following:
    On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:07:11 -0700, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    BeamMeUpScotty <NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov> on Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:22:00
    -0400 typed in alt.survival the following:

    Bring in smaller barges or half fill the big ones so they float in >>>shallow water.

    two issues:
    1) There aren't "smaller barges" available. (and from where are
    you going to "bring in" those smaller barges?)
    2) "half full" barges
    A) double the number of trips required,
    B) still draw too much water stay off the bottom.

    Low water also means barges can't reach the river side facilities.

    In places, formerly navigable rivers can be forded on foot. I'm
    not sure how one magically makes rivers passable, or make barges able
    to travel on the morning dew, but I am sure that the "schmart people"
    in DC believe they have a way.

    "I will release 1.1 million barrels of water from the Strategic Water
    Reserve into the Mississippi" said Biden.

    Good idea.

    Will it be delivered by Unicorn train?
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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