Monday, December 10, 2012

APNewsBreak: Corps Plans Missouri River Reduction | Redux

APNewsBreak: Corps Plans Missouri River Reduction

Excerpt:

The Army Corps of Engineers will go ahead with plans to lessen the flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite worries that it will aggravate low-water problems on the Mississippi River, officials told The Associated Press Tuesday. The corps expects to cut the flow from the Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota to 12,000 cubic feet per 2nd from 17,000 cubic feet per 2nd starting around Nov. 23 as a drought-related conservation measure. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and a barge industry trade team in current days have actually implored the corps to reevaluate. The Missouri streams into the Mississippi north of St. Louis. Less water from the Missouri would lower the pool of the Mississippi between St. Louis and Cairo, Ill. , potentially halting barge traffic.

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Gov. Jay Nixon

Overall Sentiment: -0.125044

Relevance: 0.334326

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-0.39751Nixon said that could create an "economic disaster" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.39751
  • Mean: -0.39751
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Monique Farmer

Overall Sentiment: 0.0477447

Relevance: 0.227005

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0.0394212"We do not believe we have the authority to operate solely for the Mississippi River basin," Farmer, of the corps' office in Omaha, Neb., said. ...
0.0147996"We do not believe we have the authority to operate solely for the Mississippi River basin," Farmer, of the corps' office in Omaha, Neb., said. "There are incidental benefits for the Mississippi River. The manual is for benefit of the Missouri River."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0542208
  • Mean: 0.0271104
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

President Barack Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.196758

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Mike Petersen

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.181997

Jo-Ellen Darcy

Overall Sentiment: -0.0426153

Relevance: 0.177234

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-0.0267922Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army's assistant secretary, urging the corps "to avert potential economic disaster on this vital avenue American farmers use to get their goods into the world market."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0267922
  • Mean: -0.0267922
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Tom Allegretti

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.172975

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Organization: Army Corps of Engineers

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.354277

GeographicFeature: Missouri River

Overall Sentiment: -0.0334566

Relevance: 0.851422

GeographicFeature: Mississippi River

Overall Sentiment: 0.0664292

Relevance: 0.386281

StateOrCounty: Mississippi

Overall Sentiment: -0.176667

Relevance: 0.48792

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StateOrCounty: Missouri

Overall Sentiment: -0.0708428

Relevance: 0.328667

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City: St. Louis

Overall Sentiment: -0.0653336

Relevance: 0.340077

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