date:Aug 21, 2012
s is 9 feet, 6 inches and we're loading to 9 feet, he says.
Ironically, last year's ample rainfall in the northern half of the Mississippi River valley has contributed to this year's drought-driven logjam. The rain last year pushed more sediment than usual in the river channel, Nigh says, meaning that despite dredging -- like that going on around St. Louis, Missouri, this week, says Holcomb -- a bad problem is being made worse.