Drought Exposes Sunken Riverboat on the Mississippi River

Drought has prompted the Mississippi river to hit traditionally low water ranges, and it has led to a historic — and positively haunted — riverboat on line casino being uncovered. The Diamond Girl took its maiden voyage within the early Nineties and was taken out of fee in 1999, then later moved to the Riverside Park Marina in Memphis Tennessee, in line with Motion Information 5.

It floated there for a few a long time till it succumbed to a robust winter storm and sank in 2021. However, now it’s again, and persons are excited.

The large reveal was solely potential as a result of the Mississippi is now 11 toes beneath its historic common, in line with Newsweek… which is historically not a superb factor.

It will not be in pristine situation, however the Diamond Girl remains to be a sight to behold and has reportedly prompted hordes of individuals to return test the once-glistening ship out for themselves. Close to the bow of the ship an indication reads “Warning Closed.” I, personally, can’t consider it.

The Diamond Lady wasn’t absolutely submerged when it sank. You possibly can see that from the waterline that stops beneath the third deck. Whereas all the pieces beneath that line is a murky and gloomy brown coloration, the white nonetheless shines (type of) above it. It was most likely very cool to see again in its heyday.

Whereas it might look like a cool concept to hop on board, it’s nearly definitely a horrible concept. To start with, the ship is simply sitting in very moist and unstable mud. You don’t wanna be the man who knocked over The Diamond Girl, do you? On prime of that, who is aware of the situation of the ship’s flooring? It’s indisputably very harmful.

There’s no phrase on what’s going to occur to the once-submerged riverboat on line casino. Is there a extra becoming solution to rejoice Halloween? I personally don’t suppose so.