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Jeff Flock Ferries Around the Dangerously Low Mississippi

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    FBN's Jeff Flock reports on the condition of the Mississippi River.

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The draft when -- twelve being felt along the Mississippi rivers more than 100 vessels are stranded now along in Greenville Mississippi area the US army corps says.

It expects these near record low water levels to continue into -- -- -- Jeff -- along the river in Davenport I -- no relief in sight Jeff.

Hey -- you look at -- this Centennial bridge right here along Davenport Natalia.

There was a long -- they had record high water here just last year and now it's almost all time record low water -- along get along this river.

You'll see any barges doctor -- yeah.

And that is precisely why -- the reason is.

Disney content that.

That -- -- down the Mississippi a look at day not Mississippi river basin.

You see that on the lower part of the Mississippi.

Problem is on the upper part here we have something.

-- blocks and sales the upper Mississippi is controlled by those locks and dams that helps regulate the water flow to come back -- here perhaps we see.

One of those -- its -- number fifteen.

But because of the blockade down on the south and Coast -- tells -- saying that they hope to have that -- done as soon.

But because of that blockade a lot of toes are not leave it up here they don't want to get.

-- all the reverently gets stuck down ever get that credit can cruise babysit along this side -- -- so we just -- still locked master airlock 1586.

He's not gonna -- -- -- out here he'd gotten sick.

For another day.

These that I had navigation -- by the way take -- look at -- went out there and navigation -- That's what they're trying to reset Gallup one of Mississippi down by -- because those.

Just essentially because the water got so low -- -- -- just fell off their moorings and washed away.

Not a good situation.

To be trying to transport.

Coal and fuel and all the rest up and down the Mississippi -- Well I'll tell you you make a great point about the business aspect but it -- -- like a beautiful day there the water -- -- I mean what tourism kind of offsetting these problems in the bigger.

-- -- I don't -- that's it ridiculous question.

All this valley Eric Eric Erickson is actually hate Carl bass fisherman the reason verbally get him today is because.

-- because you know in this situation you don't have a lot of traffic on the Mississippi had a three day but typically there's a lot of people out here fashion.

Although on the water gets slowed there's a lot of still sometimes -- -- is not too great Gehrig's disease just as happy to be.

Out very -- us around today -- -- to -- vision today.

Good work if you can get it right -- They don't let us it's been really beautiful I mean and others are resolute beautiful going to Foster care tobasco.

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