One Town's Hope Rests On Money and The Mighty Mississippi

[Sherman A1]

The Mississippi River system is both an artery and a vein. It pumps ag products out of the heartland and into the world while bringing back fertilizer and steel to keep that economic engine purring.

But there’s too much water. Flooding is forcing boats and barges to wait for the river to drop. In the Quad Cities, bordering Illinois and Iowa, the Mississippi just dropped below flood stage for the first time in 96 consecutive days, crushing the prior 42-day record.

The stalled river traffic could be an opportunity, though, for a town that’s been slowly dying for years: Cairo, Illinois. It has no grocery store or gas station, but the town is trying to construct its way out of poverty while giving those barge companies a place to unload stranded cargo.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/one-town-s-hope-rests-money-and-mighty-mississippi

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Thanks for posting Sherman A1...I predicted earlier that with all of this rain and water ...

that we had so far this year, it's going to create its' own weather pattern, the soaked ground in the Midwest generating it's own weather cycles of rain every day (or close to it)...it's getting to be that way, with rain seemingly every other day or so (at least in STLMO)...

Stay dry and take care!

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

As it did in 1993 and the flooding we experienced in those days. This is and is going to be very ugly both for many individuals and businesses as the Summer progresses.

We are thinking of giving the hanging baskets life preservers here in North County.