The article "Low water levels on Mississippi threatens shipping", by Jim Salter and Jim Suhr, is about the Mississippi river getting to shallow and the boats won't be able to pass through just as the harvest heads to the market. Rick Calhoun, head of the marine operations says that we shuoldn't just wait or it'll get worst. "You can't just wait until it shuts down and suddenly say, there's a problem. Experts say that if the river is closed for a long time economic loses could go up to billions of dollars. Don Sweeney, an associate director says, " the longer it lasts, the worst it gets." He also says,"it's inevitable that it will mean higher prices down the road."
This article was great, I really enjoyed reading it, it was something that infromed me and got my attention right away. It got to the point in the first part and it ended it off with something good. I really liked it!
This reminds me of a time where my friends mother had a financial problem and she wasn't really doing anything about it and by the end of the month it got into something bad and she lost her house. This was something that should have got to in the first place and now I miss my friend. This is something the government should be trying to fix before they have the same problem.
I wonder if someone is trying harder to fix the problem because this is becoming a big one. I guess I should look farther into it.
Interesting analogy. However, I think that "fixing" this problem with the low river would be very difficult. 95
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