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Mississippi River Dropping Slower Than Expected | Redux

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Mississippi River Dropping Slower Than Expected

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A revised Mississippi River forecast provided a bit of a reprieve for shippers Wednesday, showing the water level isn't really dropping as rapidly as been afraid. Still, a minimum of two large barge companies currently are minimizing their lots over concerns about the river's depth. Months of drought have actually left the Mississippi near historical reasonable levels, an issue intensified last month when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers minimized the outflow from an upper Missouri River dam, reducing the quantity of water that drains into the Mississippi where the rivers converge near St. Louis. The river at St. Louis on Wednesday had to do with 13 feet deep. The Coast Guard has actually stated additional stipulations on barge traffic-- most notably in a 180-mile stretch in between St. Louis and Cairo, Ill.

People:

Rick Calhoun

Overall Sentiment: -0.195905

Relevance: 0.527274

SentimentQuote
-0.233109"The industry is really in a difficult position right now," Calhoun said. ...
-0.213348"The industry is really in a difficult position right now," Calhoun said. "It's very much a dicey and day-to-day situation."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.446457
  • Mean: -0.2232285
  • Standard Deviation: 0

barges

Overall Sentiment: 0.127729

Relevance: 0.372128

Ingram Barge

Overall Sentiment: 0.090488

Relevance: 0.348245

Mark Fuchs

Overall Sentiment: -0.137348

Relevance: 0.285224

SentimentQuote
-0.0734874"It's prolonging everything," Fuchs said, ...
-0.0722754"It's prolonging everything," Fuchs said, though he warned the Mississippi "is going to get down there eventually if it doesn't rain."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1457628
  • Mean: -0.0728814
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Tenn

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.235028

Lt. Ryan Gomez

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.227944

SentimentQuote
-0.0817101"The low river definitely is affecting the way mariners are transiting the river," said Lt. Ryan Gomez ...
-0.0653375"The low river definitely is affecting the way mariners are transiting the river," said Lt. Ryan Gomez of the Coast Guard's Memphis office. "It is a concern right now."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1470476
  • Mean: -0.0735238
  • Standard Deviation: 0

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Organization: Coast Guard

Overall Sentiment: 0.0972561

Relevance: 0.435007

GeographicFeature: Missouri River

Overall Sentiment: -0.21989

Relevance: 0.917767

GeographicFeature: Mississippi River

Overall Sentiment: 0.172196

Relevance: 0.499074

City: St. Louis

Overall Sentiment: 0.301028

Relevance: 0.435832

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | OlympicHostCity | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | USCountyReferences:

StateOrCounty: Mississippi

Overall Sentiment: -0.39889

Relevance: 0.395989

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