Tunica/Katrina

[Brice]

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I believe they dig a trench. FLoat the barge in from the Mississippi and then fill in the trench. The barge is therefore on Miss river water.

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This is correct. They are built on trenches.

CNN just did a feature story on the casinos. They are ruined. It will be a long time before they reopen. The state of Mississippi will lose over half a million in casino revenues a day.

I live an hour south of Tunica and we got some wind here. I would say a steady wind of 50 MPH. I am sure Tunica had about the same.