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2. Mississippi River shut down

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 08:30 PM

Jan 2013

Shippers carry about $7 billion in goods including crude oil and grain on the Mississippi in December and January. Tugboat and barge operators have warned that thousands of jobs in Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and other states in the country’s midsection were at risk if the river shuts down, and they’ve asked Washington to find ways to increase the flow.

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Last Year Wasn’t Just Hot – It Was a Habanero [View all] GliderGuider Jan 2013 OP

Holy Mother of Murphy spare us now Fumesucker Jan 2013 #1

Mississippi River shut down marions ghost Jan 2013 #2

That's pretty significant. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #3

That really drives the point home, doesn't it? GliderGuider Jan 2013 #4