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The latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) confirms the St. Louis region remains home to the most efficient inland port district in the nation based on tons moved per river mile in 2022, the most recent year numbers are available. The data reveals that, in 2022, the St. Louis region’s barge industry handled 369,309 tons per mile, while the average tons per mile across the other eight inland port districts was 92,863. Essentially, the St. Louis Metro Ports collectively moved almost four times the average tons per mile, as compared to the other eight inland port districts in the U.S.

ajot.com/news/st-louis-region-

Reminder for those in FL that had roof damage & haven't gotten a blue tarp yet. With the potential of Sara next week? Put a hot foot under it peeps. Ends the 14th

Only three days left to apply for FREE temporary roofing for Florida homes damaged by Hurricane #Milton. Operation Blue Roof ends midnight November 14. More information or to apply, visit BLUEROOF.GOV or call 888-766-3258.

FROM USACE: "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (#USACE) Wilmington District commander Col. Brad Morgan and USACE Water/Wastewater expert Cory Koger travelled to Spruce Pine, NC, Oct. 3, focused on performing damage assessments at the town water/wastewater and sewage plants following #Helene. 1/2"

Ancient Courses - Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps Of The Mississippi River (1944)
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kottke.org/19/06/the-marvelous <-- shared blog post
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[Daniel Coe has done and continues to make amazing hydrographic cartography in this regard, see image attached]
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“[T]housands of years of course changes compressed into a single image by a clever mapmaker with an artistic eye. Looking at them, you're invited to imagine the Mississippi as it was during the European exploration of the Americas in the 1500s, during the Cahokia civilization in the 1200s (when this city's population matched London's), when the first humans came upon the river more than 12,000 years ago, and even back to before humans, when mammoths, camels, dire wolves, and giant beavers roamed the land and gazed upon the river…”


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