The Dark Side of the Mississippi River

A home to wild animals, a source of power, and an occasionally destructive force -- the Mississippi river, with all of its burdens and blessings, is the heart of the state.

From: AERIAL AMERICA: Mississippi

[joe]

You forgot to mention the abundant nitrates it brings to the gulf that wipes out hundreds of square miles of aquatic life. Oh the serenity of it all.

[LynnCDoyle-ekoh]

Rivers occasionally reach their flood plains. Who Knew?

[hollywoodlady]

Naw that's not the bad side of this river go ahead and tell the real story

[eastcoastbrotha]

The dark side of the mississippi river is the about 10, 000 black bodys thats in it.

[conniecrawford]

Rivers flood - that is a fact of life. That’s why we have levees and flood plains.

[MorrowSind]

Yeah, the river's gifts!
Like, alligators in your living room. 👀

[mco]

0:35 look! Its the same part of the river Vat19 took River water from in the Lifestraw challenge

[robertking]

Imagin what treasures lie beneath that muddy river

[dirtydawg]

So the gifts, outway the dangers = fair trade off then. Please stop telling us about the flooding then

[michaelmontoya]

Add a backup to help during floods. Get Elon Musk to bring your flooding water to to the west coast with a couple of tunnels.

[Robert-cewp]

Send your extra water to California lol

[beatlessteph]

What can’t we get this flood right now because it wouldn’t flood the river, it would take it to the regular depth of the Mississippi

[Cabriolet]

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[puynot]

The Mississippi River should’ve been contained by now. We should’ve used government dollars to build a system of tunnels and underground storage (man-made) to divert these flood waters out west where they’re needed.

[kielerjim]

It seems fair that farmers bear the brundt since their field tiles and destruction of land are the cause. They killed all the good fish too.