Thread: water,water everywhere

It all has to do with what is down stream. I suspect there is already enough flooding down stream plus big river is coming back up. Really no place for the water to go. If you look at all the flooding going on in the Midwest right now all that water is ultimately going to end up in the Mississippi, either below or above us. The big river is going to stay up for a long time and we haven’t started to see any snowmelt and ice out yet. It’s going to be a mess for a long time this year.

Originally Posted by Cray

It all has to do with what is down stream. I suspect there is already enough flooding down stream plus big river is coming back up. Really no place for the water to go. If you look at all the flooding going on in the Midwest right now all that water is ultimately going to end up in the Mississippi, either below or above us. The big river is going to stay up for a long time and we haven’t started to see any snowmelt and ice out yet. It’s going to be a mess for a long time this year.

Right on. The major losers from all this will be the farming communities in the delta, which are already suffering. Backwater has caused thousands of acres to be idled this year. It will get a lot worse before it's over. Too much water headed this way.

Originally Posted by willsjwills

Right on. The major losers from all this will be the farming communities in the delta, which are already suffering. Backwater has caused thousands of acres to be idled this year. It will get a lot worse before it's over. Too much water headed this way.

You are right. I work in crop insurance and there are 10s of 1000s of acres under water now and I am afraid it is only going to get worse. We are already preparing for a huge prevented planted corn acreage and maybe soybeans if things don't start looking up. With the snow up north, it is only going to get worse. The MS. river may not go down until the 4th of July. It maybe another '73 here in the Delta.