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Most Likely Mega-Disaster to Occur

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Dryden;1921060; said:
They can always burn excess corn cobs for heating, after they make themselves ethenol from the corn oil, since they won't have anywhere to ship all the stuff.
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Corn cobs are way too valuable to burn. What do you think all those cosmetics the ladies apply to their faces is made from?
 
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knapplc;1921064; said:
Corn cobs are way too valuable to burn. What do you think all those cosmetics the ladies apply to their faces is made from?
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I have read that prior to the invention of toilet paper, corn cobs were stacked in outhouses and used for wiping, which is where the term 'corn hole' originated.

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Gatorubet;1921025; said:
If you read the original thread post it helps. The Mississippi from Baton Rouge to the Gulf could dry up.
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Well that basin may dry up. But the water from the Miss will still make it to the Gulf, right?

What do I care if I75 shuts down as long as I77 is still open? Cargo from the North will still make it to the Gulf, just not thru the usual channels, right?
 
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Shoot, 77 and 71 is key up here in the North...and thank god all we have to worry about now are the damn geese crossing the street. man would I love to just plow one in my Wrangler. Those things are annoying, mean, and shit everywhere.
 
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BuckeyeMac;1921231; said:
Shoot, 77 and 71 is key up here in the North...and thank god all we have to worry about now are the damn geese crossing the street. man would I love to just plow one in my Wrangler. Those things are annoying, mean, and shit everywhere.
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Right, but if another eight lane paved road ran from TSUN to FLA, who gives a fuck what it's name is.
 
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BUCKYLE;1921136; said:
Well that basin may dry up. But the water from the Miss will still make it to the Gulf, right?

What do I care if I75 shuts down as long as I77 is still open? Cargo from the North will still make it to the Gulf, just not thru the usual channels, right?
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Yes and no.

The river will still make it to the gulf.
But there aren't any cities along the new route.

Not just no cities big enough to become a major port.
I mean there are no cities.

Only one is Morgan City, but it will be completely under water if the full flow of the mississippi heads that way.

By tonnage, NOLA is the largest port in the world.
Without the mississipi, that is no longer the case, and there is no viable replacement.

And there really isn't any other cities in the US as conveniently located as New Orleans, so rerouting to another part of the country won't be easy either.

By way of the miss river and connecting water ways, Nola is connected to most of the continental US.
What other city near a coast can say that?
 
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Of course I have a more selfish reason to not want it to change course.

If the Old River Control System fails and the bulk of the Miss comes barreling ass down the Atchafalaya, the ground I'm currently standing on will no longer exist.

I pray it never comes to that, but if it does, I hope like hell we have enough of a warning to at least get me and my family the hell outta here.
 
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Nutriaitch;1921300; said:
Of course I have a more selfish reason to not want it to change course.

If the Old River Control System fails and the bulk of the Miss comes barreling ass down the Atchafalaya, the ground I'm currently standing on will no longer exist.

I pray it never comes to that, but if it does, I hope like hell we have enough of a warning to at least get me and my family the hell outta here.
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1) get in your boat.

2) hang on
 
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BUCKYLE;1921136; said:
Well that basin may dry up. But the water from the Miss will still make it to the Gulf, right?
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Well, they can throw shit off the boat into the mud surrounding the new so-called levee - but they won't have any port to load on and off, any roads leading from that spot in the mud, and all of the factories along the river from the gulf to north of Baton rouge that directly off load onto the river will be useless. :biggrin: It would be kind of cool to see lv's silver go to $200 an ounce.
 
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Gov. Jindal is saying Morganza spillway will probably be opened no later than Sunday am.

Houma (the town where I work, about 30 minutes north f my house) could start seeing some of the flood waters about 5 days after the opening.
 
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