New Orleans Without Power

**Oliver88** · Aug 31, 2021, 15:32

New Orleans is a Democrat utopia. Quite the planners.

**bucket** · Aug 31, 2021, 16:10

It is sort of hard to feel sorry for cities or people that build in areas that are below sea level and with AL Gore's prediction of rising sea levels along with the recent announcement of the wobble of the moon affecting sea levels.

**AlbertaFarmer5** · Aug 31, 2021, 16:57

Pictures of a Cargill grain loading facility badly mangled making the rounds. So in addition to not having power, and ships and barges unable to Transit, there's also infrastructure to rebuild. That may be a large part of the downwards move in grain futures the last few days.
If anything that might be bullish prices here, once we finish throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

**AlbertaFarmer5** · Aug 31, 2021, 17:14

From newagtalk:
It's a substantial presence in the gulf. If it was only that facility that was damaged the others (of which there are many) could rather easily pick up the slack,,, especially at this time of the year when exports are on the low end. The problem is figuring out not only the damage to the physical systems,,, but how long to restore electrical power? I might look into leasing a locomotive or two if I needed the electrical and it was worth the money.

In the aftermath of Katrina this Cargill facility was about average on damage; with exporters to the south having more and those to the north having less. Of course Ida is different than Katrina so I wont draw any strong conclusions just yet. I saw that CHS said their facility is mostly intact and they are the farthest south.. though they also said it could be weeks before normal power is restored. I'll post this mornings Bloomberg article about that particular Cargill site (they have another one). Hope that sheds some light on a murky situation. We should know more in another day or two.

(Bloomberg) -- A grain elevator damaged by Hurricane Ida in Reserve, Louisiana is responsible for nearly 9% of Americaâ€™s bulk seaborne exports of corn, soybeans and wheat so far in 2021, according to Bloombergâ€™s analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

USDA shipments show a total of 6.45 million tons of agricultural product loaded at the Cargill terminal, with 5.3 million tons of corn topping the list. The primary recipient of crops through the elevator this year has been China, receiving 47% of its output including 2.5 million tons of corn and 485,000 tons of soybeans.

The last two vessels visiting the elevator have remained same place, with one possibly aground, Bloombergâ€™s vessel data showed.

The UBC Tampico, a general cargo ship, left the grain terminal on Aug. 27 and went into anchorage before reporting its status as aground near LaPlace, Louisiana on Aug. 30, according to AIS info. The Golden L, a larger bulk carrier, also left on Aug. 27, but appeared to secure a spot where it was able to remain anchored.

At least three other bulk carriers on the lower Mississippi, the Atlantic Maya, Derby, and Nord Pollux were showing their last status as aground as well. The Derbyâ€™s current position is on the opposite bank of the river across from UBC Tampico. NOAA data showed the stormâ€™s path directly over the Cargill and neighboring ADM elevators just slightly upriver from the two vessels in LaPlace.

**FarmJunkie** · Aug 31, 2021, 18:06

Was told NO was above sea level a couple hundred years ago but because it is built on silt deposits from the Mississippi is sinks a few inches every year hence the dykes. Storms donâ€™t help the situation.

**furrowtickler** · Aug 31, 2021, 19:45

https://www.google.ca/search?q=new+orleans+is+sinking&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari

New Orleans Without Power