Even with this advantage in natural resources, I hope we don't make the same mistakes pasts generations have made & take all this for granted as if it will last forever. More innovation in green energy needs to grow in the eventuality of all these oil sources eventually running out again.
Good geography is only a blessing if your democratic institutions are strong and relatively free of corruption. For instance Argentina has one of the best geographies in the world yet their economy is complete trash right now. Petrol states are another great example. Countries like Norway and Venezuela were blessed with lots of oil, one of them used it properly and the other one didn't.
@@FEARNoMore also we could really save those for later uses if necessary they could really come in handy if the rest of the world runs of out of oil/gas
You'll never fully comprehend the barrier islands unless you see with it your own eyes. I grew up near the Chesapeake Bay and the availability of seafood there is insane. Many times in my youth (45+ years ago), four members of the family would go out in a boat and a few hours later come back with 800 pounds of fish. That's right, 360 kilos all by hook and line.
I went kayaking down there in 8th grade for a school trip and it was incredible. Dont want to get too close to the overhanging trees tho lots of spider webs lmao
*FYI: The barrier islands all along the US coastline were connected and used to transport goods safely along the coast, even during harsh storms. The InterCoastal Waterway was used to safely move shipping during WW2, relatively free from uboat attack. It also serves as an incredible aquatic environment for replenishing very profitable fisheries.*
@9:15 you are right, any port needs break waters to protect the harbor from large waves so having the islands all along the coast gives you these for free.
The video also completely undercuts the importance of the Erie canal and acts like the Great Lakes weren’t navigable until the 1950’s. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. And although dinky by todays standards made NYC one of the most important ports in the world thereby making NYC the wealthiest city in the world by connecting New York harbor to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River in the early 19th century. The Illinois and Michigan canal is equally important for connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and was opened in 1848. Pretty much all natural resources like lumber and leather and fur were coming from the interior of the US in the 19th century and shipped all over the world via these canals and the ports of New York and New Orleans. Not to mention coal, iron etc.
I didn't understand why that wasn't mentioned either. The importance of our nations many connecting rivers makes transporting goods and people more efficient, not to mention the strategic importance of canals. The Hudson River and our ports were the epicenter of trade and commerce. Buffalo, NY is where the Elevated mechanical Grain Elevator was first built in the 1840's. So many technological innovations have come from rivers and canals.
People think the Great Lakes are just “there” nowadays, not realizing the huge role they played in export imports and manufacturing, and creating cities and travel
The barrier islands that surround the eastern and southern United States are also what allowed the original British colonies to flourish. The original colonies could be accessed by boat but protected from prying eyes that sailed up and down the coast. Mainly the French and Spanish
This was probably the best video you've shown. There were some things he was showing that I was saying to myself "Ssshhhh, we don't really want everyone to know about this stuff". I actually learned some things (or rather some things now made sense) and it was a well done overall view of the US. Oh, and that was $3.00 (not $300.00) about 10 gallons limit. Same thing with sugar and periodically other ingredients would go through shortages back in the 70's and 80's.
Shhhh!!. Indeed! And a billion $ isn't anything to our gov. We sent over 1 billion $ to Ukraine immediately. We were like "you need some stuff?" Here you go. Covid hit & the gov began cutting checks for every citizen. TWICE.
@@petertrabaris1629 Well if the video narrator knows, then people already know. He didn't discover those weaknesses after all. The problem for anyone who wants to attack them is the retaliation and difficulty in doing so.
A further fun fact for you, the Chesapeake Bay is actually an asteroid impact site. The asteroid did a sideways hit instead of a direct hit. Hence why it's not a typical crater. It happened 35.5 million years ago.
I’m from Las Vegas. I’m 57. I’ve come across your channel and am quite enjoying watching your reactions to my country. I was under the impression that for a good while, we were becoming a joke to the rest of the world. It’s nice to know people are curious about the good (or odd/scary) things we live with. I myself am fascinated with the UK. Especially your accents and properness. I should do my own search of life there. I go by what I see in movies for my picture of life there. ✌️
I still think that if/when times get tough again, and we know it will. Is that the steadfast alliance, the "Special Relationship" between the US and Great Britain, but it also includes Canada & Australia/NZ will stay true. I know I still have something in my heart for the UK when the Queen died. Dude, I watched hours of video on You Tube of people walking by her casket. There is a reason we have a warship named USS Winston Churchill, there is a interesting story about that ship and the 9/11 Attack. Look it up.
I was your age in the 1970s. That sign showed a $3.00 per person limit on buying gasoline. Gasoline cost about $0.30 per US gallon at that time. That was about a 10 gallon limit at the time. Roughly if you are talking pounds that was about a 3 pound limit with gas costing about 30 pence per gallon. In 1971, my husband and I bought gas during a "gas war" between two gas stations which were located on opposite corners on a major street. Gas was $0.11 per gallon during the "gas war".
I’m a long haul trucker from San Diego California and I also own my own trucking company,currently employing 85 drivers. I’ve traveled throughout the US and Canada including Alaska. The state of California especially central California ships it’s fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the US and Canada especially during winter season.
I grew up 2 miles from the Mississippi river and spent most of my life on it. Growing up on it means I know my small section of it and how it has changed course from the New Madrid Fault Line over the past 100 years. Earthquakes happen here weekly, most small, some large, yet with each quake, the Mississippi shifts it's course slightly. Although the Quakes in 1812 shifted it so much, it swallowed whole cities.
Besides the seafood mentioned below, the barrier islands are critical for shipping because they shield from oceanic waves and currents. When going across the Atlantic, using the Gulf Stream for an assist is fine, but in many coastal areas you are fighting currents and storminess, which is a real challenge. The barrier islands quell the brunt of all but the biggest storms (hurricanes). However, they do not eliminate the daily sea breezes, so one can sail behind the battier islands without having to fight current. Even if you are not sailing, not having to fight currents, other than the tides, is critical.
I grew up on the Delmarva Peninsula next to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The area is rich in produce, livestock, grains, and seafood. Some of the freshest and most abundant food!
It is important to take into account the reality that in the last 70 years the United States has also built a very extensive highway system in between all of the states throughout the country. Also it has very extensive Revel systems in place from 200 years ago nearly.
Hi Beesley's, from the Chicago area. I love how genuinely interested you are about our beautiful country and its history. Awesome to see. Love you both! Godspeed. ❤🇺🇲🇬🇧 And BTW, my dad was the first generation born here, my grandma was from London. And on my mom's side lots of English... I still have cousins (never met) in West Worthing Sussex. 😊
BTW, while the mouth of the Mississippi was formerly the chokepoint reflected here, there are at least two other outlets now. At the north end, a canal to the Chicago River has been built to provide ocean access via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Also, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal connects the Tennessee River (part of the Mississippi R. system) to the Tombigbee River, which flows out through Mobile Bay.
@@12hairyjohn I think the video overstated Cuba's position as being a serious impediment. Of course, one does not want a hostile regime anywhere near your major interests. However, at its narrowest, the Florida straits are 90 miles, and any ocean-going ships can head through the keys, which waters are under exclusive US control.
FYI it said at 33:43 LIMIT $3⁰⁰ (can't add the lines) PER CUSTOMER The lines under the last two numbers, where they're slightly smaller and raised to be level with the top of the larger number before them is a way to mark cents. It says the limit for everyone was only $3, which only gets you halfway home if you're rural-ish.
@@jlpack62 You forget. America was run by gas guzzlers, and gas guzzling engines. Several gallons got you nowhere. It was closer to 1 mile per gallon to 3 miles per gallon in an area where a grocery store was 6 miles away from the gas station, and your house 13 miles from there quite often if they were lucky. Further away if not. At the time, it was lines of people hopping from gas station to gas station just to go places. Some places had limits not by price, but by gallons per customer with limits being around 2 to 3 gallons, and some 5 before it turned really bad. Edit: gotta love the good ol days lol. Glad we don't have to worry about this anymore to that degree!
It is commonly referred to as the intercoastal waterway. Any ship going north or south will make use of the intracoastal waterway because it gives a much smoother ride than being on the ocean.
About a decade ago, I decided to ride the train called The Empire Builder (train routes have names in the US) from Chicago to Glacier National Park in Montana. In the sleeper compartment across the hall was a man visiting from Jersey who liked to talk, and he was amazed at the size of each state. I found it amusing that he kept saying "Wisconskin". Also, yes, Canada is big, but they were showing it in Mercator projection, which exaggerates its size.
The Atchafalaya River basin is even more important than the video talks about. Besides the system controlling the Mississippi and keeping it in its historical basin, the Corps of Engineers constructions allow substantial portions of the Mississippi water to be diverted into the Atchafalaya in times of Mississippi flooding, thereby protecting much of the lower Mississippi basin.
Canada and the US are almost exactly the same size in area. Canada is larger in total area (land + water) by less than 2%. The US is larger in land area alone by less than 1%.
Not quite, with land and water, Canada is much larger than you are thinking. It is the largest country in the world since the 1990s due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The majority of its population is located close to its border with the US due to the fact that most of its land is not viable for agriculture, relatively affordable transport infrastructure (they could build it if they had the funds and necessity to do so), and so on.
@@jgkitarel no, Russia is still the largest by far. Canada is 2nd if you count water within the boundaries and 4th if you only count land. The US is 4th if you count water, 3rd if you only count land. China comes just above the US in both cases (3rd with water, 2nd land only) But both Canada and the US have densely packed cities and nearly-empty hinterlands.
I think that capitalism also played a huge role in the success of America. Allowing the bulk of the wealth created to remain in private hands and not the government. The US has vast untapped oil reserves in Alaska that will be greater than all the reserves of Saudi Arabia.
Agreed, I wanted to note that freedom/capitalism has just a big an impact if not more than a nation's geography. Africa has more valuable resources/good geography than just about any country in the world yet they're dirt poor. And Hong Kong has literally almost zero natural resources, they were basically a fishing village on a piece of rocky land 70 years ago. Then US forces put in rule of law and property rights. Now they are richer per capita than even the US. And if you put together a country that is rich in geography PLUS freedom/capitalism? Voila, you get something like the US. Also like it said in the video, we pretty much created our own man-made waterway system and maintained it to keep it that successful. Same thing with shale. That rock was utterly useless, until American innovation(only possible with capitalism) invented a way to vibrate oil out of it.
River transportation is still very important you can transport weight that no road or bridge can handle and without river transportation our roads and rails would be overwhelmed
That was $3.00 not $300.00. Back in the 1970's gas was 40-50 cents a gallon, so when there was a shortage, gas sales were limited to 6-7 gallons. Last summer's drought, the Mississippi river's level was at a record low, causing disruption to shipping. So yes, the Mississippi river is very important.
John Helwig, back in '84, I drove from northern IL to AK, and when I left town, gas was .85/gal. When I reached my first AK town, Skagway, it was 1.35. I was speechless! Oh, if it were only that cheap today.
Massive barges still travel north and south on the Mississippi River carrying huge amounts of materials, largely agricultural and consumable coal to this day, AND both shores of the Mississippi have freight rail systems that run day and night up and down stream...so it is still a vital part of American trade.
I grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that led the world in steel production for almost 100 years and helped drive the industrial revolution. Iron ore from the upper mid-west was shipped to Erie PA on the great lakes and taken 90 miles by rail to Pittsburgh, the state's natural abundance of cheap energy (natural gas, oil and coal) drove the manufacturing of steel and the Ohio River allowed the products to shipped around the world via the Mississippi River.
I absolutely loved this video and reaction! Although I basically knew what it discussed, as an American, it even gave me a clearer and more easily explained reasoning for a lot of points. Very well done! And if you guys can swing it, I would love to see you react to the other video mentioned about Afghanistan. Great reaction and video!! Thank you!
It's crazy if you think about it "been Franklin's" is such a popular term and this guy was never even president. His highest position was ambassador to France. But America creates such legends
In 1955, President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act. This launched the building a vast network of large, wide highways all across the US. It allowed huge amounts of goods to move easily across the country. While that’s the day to day use of the Interstate system, it was also built with how it will allow for the movement of vast amounts of military vehicles and troops if ever needed.
I’ll add that where I am from, we built landing craft and submarines during ww2. They were shipped through the Great Lakes and out to the oceans via the Mississippi and through the sault locks to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Many ships built here (including naval ships) still use these routes to get to the oceans.
I live near Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay n those are basically rock formation walls kind of like what Louisiana has with their levees so if any hurricanes or flooding, it keeps the water from hitting land! That spot is probably 20 minutes from my house, and I have been on a boat many times going through there and you can take cruises through there too
You’re correct when you say the Mississippi isn’t used as much as in years past but it’s still a massive route to move goods north and south and it used constantly by massive barges every day. Pretty cool
I love the info about the Mississippi. I live about 3 blocks from it (and luckily on a hill because it's currently flooding us). Fun fact: This is the only place where the river actually flows east to west.
The ports in Florida are Tampa and Miami. They literally sit on two natural harbors. We only dug out parts for cruise ships to go through. Not only that but the St. John’s and Miami rivers basically just give a clear path to ocean travel. You’re not too far from a water source down here. You constantly see cargo ships waiting to enter a dock to unload. They wait a day before being reloaded and given the clear to go. The cargo sits for 30 to 60 days in a isolation storage facility which is normal before being inspected and released to be sold. The law is followed as it checked before isolation and after isolation, anything wrong and the container is flagged and every thing inside is seized and checked again. Depending the result things can be quite bad for whoever originally bought that container. And company that owns it has to trace it back and it’s just a process.
I have had to explain to a friend from the UK that a trip from where I live to the northern portion of my state is like a trip from London to York.. and I live in one of the eastern coastal states, not the western states that are massive by land mass.
The intercostal waterway is like a river - my folks used to have a 38 foot boat and would pilot it from Maine to Florida each year, and they would not have done it if it all was open ocean. The other thing they do is enable marshes and wetlands to exist just inside the waterway, without them they somehow wouldn't persist.
I remember my grandfather being upset back during the gas crisis. It went from .25 cents per gallon to .29 cents per gallon. He had a lot of farming equipment to fill up. So diesel and regular gas were expensive to him cause he made his income from his farm. Not a regular job.
Greetings from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area! Can confirm the waterfall, but it's a fairly small one. The area was huge for grain mills during the city's starts so companies like Gold Medal and Pillsbury have a big history here. The start of the Mississipi is up in northern Minnesota in a lake called Itasca, and the river itself starts as a small stream so it's very impressive how much it grows!
Charleston SC here. My business delivers onto all the island around Charleston SC. We Deliver to the Isle of Palms, Deweese Island, Sullivans Island, Folly Beach (its an island), Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island. My shop is in town. Our delivers area is 40 MILES of coast. To get to ALL, I have to cross the "Intercoastal Waterway" All the islands vary from 4 to 10(Kiawah Island home of the 1991 Ryder Cup for James, has a 10 MILE LONG UNINTERRUPTED BEACH)miles long each. Fun part is that only 2 of the islands (Sullivans and the Isle of Palms) are connected by bridges to each other. In order to get from one island to the next, you MUST go back to the mainland and then take a different road out to another island. We cover 40 miles of coast, but my drivers OFTEN drive more than 350 miles a day.
The down side to oil from fracking is that this oil is different than the "normal" oil the USA produces. The last refinery built in the USA was back in the 1970s, thus the USA cannot refine the fracked oil it produces. It has to sell the fracked oil on the open market then buy the resulting gasoline and diesel on the open market.
Yeah, oil is definitely an issue. I just paid another $80 this week for gas and I’m paying that every single week sometimes a lot more than that depending on how much it goes up.
It wouldn't be an issue if certain people in the government wouldn't keep getting in the way and making it difficult to access our own natural resources.
@@randlebrowne2048 then that’s on them. Not just gas prices. 😂 I commute kinda far as well and my gas spending is about 50 a week. Again it helps to not drive a gas guzzler
Transporting good via water is very, very important today!!!! It's just as important, if not more, than it was in the past. Just as he mentioned, it's significantly less expensive to move goods over water than air, road or rail.
Shipping via water is so much cheaper than other transportation systems, that coal comes up to Toledo & Cleveland, OH, then transferred to a ship to go the final way to Detroit, MI.
I think you'll like our cold hat to the north, that would be Canada. Specifically with the topic of National Parks. Canada got some gorgeous natural scenery!
Funny you mention Jersey Island as part of the UK. I was watching a WW2 historical documentary the other day and totally forgot about these islands that are part of the UK, and how during the war they had significant German defenses, and of course German soldiers. Curious if your family was there during the occupation?
My brother works at a lumber mill along the Illinois river (a tributary of the Mississippi) and almost all product in and out comes through barges on the river.
He mentions Sioux City for river access. Sioux City at one time had the largest livestock stockyards in the US, right up next to the stockyards in Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas City.
This was a very interesting video and a great reaction. Thanks for sharing this with us. I am 68 and I had no idea that this was true. Impressive! No wonder we have had such a significant higher level of living than most of the world (and much earlier).
Traffic on the Mississippi is so crowded that they built the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a system of canals that can bypass the Mississippi to get from the Ohio Valley to Alabama without going through the Mississippi. And as mentioned, the Intracoastal Waterway covers most of the Gulf/Atlantic Coast from near Mexico to New York City.
The Mississippi River is still immensely important for transportation. You misread the gas sign. It was a limit of $3 per person to buy gas. Bush was president during 9/11 and the first Gulf war.
I've always thought about how blessed we are to be where we are on the globe. Oceans separate us from our biggest rivals, and the countries that we do share boarders with are our allies
When men noticed the barrier islands they dredged out a canal between the barrier islands and the mainland. It is called the Intracoastal Waterway, but now giant ships travel it so most of it is man made.
This is so true. I grew up in South Florida, so I’m always amazed at how people are shocked at how many barrier islands we have in the state of Florida. Heck, arguably the most popular tourist destination in Miami, South Beach, is literally on a barrier island!
The beginning of the Mississippi starts in Itasca state park in Minnesota. The headwaters and lake itasca (pronounced - eye-tass-kah) are fun place to visit
Did they even cover the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) was the largest civil works project ever undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
During WWII,submarines were built in Michigan and Wisconsin. The left the north central USA and navigated the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River and to the ocean!
You two are great! Refreshing to see normal folks keeping informed about bigger issues at a time when many are consumed with pop culture related bits with little to no real importance.
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We really are a blessed country. I think a lot of Americans don't fully appreciate that fact, tbh.
I never knew this either, until now but now I’m more appreciative 😊
We usually call those people democrats.
Even with this advantage in natural resources, I hope we don't make the same mistakes pasts generations have made & take all this for granted as if it will last forever. More innovation in green energy needs to grow in the eventuality of all these oil sources eventually running out again.
Good geography is only a blessing if your democratic institutions are strong and relatively free of corruption. For instance Argentina has one of the best geographies in the world yet their economy is complete trash right now. Petrol states are another great example. Countries like Norway and Venezuela were blessed with lots of oil, one of them used it properly and the other one didn't.
@@FEARNoMore also we could really save those for later uses if necessary they could really come in handy if the rest of the world runs of out of oil/gas
The Mississippi River is still used for transporting agricultural and manufactured goods
You'll never fully comprehend the barrier islands unless you see with it your own eyes. I grew up near the Chesapeake Bay and the availability of seafood there is insane. Many times in my youth (45+ years ago), four members of the family would go out in a boat and a few hours later come back with 800 pounds of fish. That's right, 360 kilos all by hook and line.
I spent 10 years on the Eastern Shore, it is beautiful.
I went kayaking down there in 8th grade for a school trip and it was incredible. Dont want to get too close to the overhanging trees tho lots of spider webs lmao
Spent some growing up, there, is more accurate
Played hoops and graduated at pocomoke... Def an eastern shore boy..
Grew up in Southern NJ & now live in coastal SC. Definitely learn to appreciate the islands.
*FYI: The barrier islands all along the US coastline were connected and used to transport goods safely along the coast, even during harsh storms. The InterCoastal Waterway was used to safely move shipping during WW2, relatively free from uboat attack. It also serves as an incredible aquatic environment for replenishing very profitable fisheries.*
It's actually $3.00 not $300. You did good Millie!
$300 worth of gas back then would likely take you through the entire oil crisis.
Haha. That was so funny. I was like Whaaaat?
yeah the line under the last 2 digits indicates cents and not dollars.
Back then gas was $0.35/gallon
Lmao this part of the video was passing in the background as I was reading your comment, gotta love it
One of my favorite stats: Texas alone has more potential natural seaport capacity than the entire continent of Asia.
texas is a shitty place though.
I'm still mostly blown away by the fact that there are more tigers in private captivity in Texas than in all the wild throughout the whole world
@9:15 you are right, any port needs break waters to protect the harbor from large waves so having the islands all along the coast gives you these for free.
I have always loved geography and I have traveled this country my entire life. The diversity of the terrain of this country is absolutely insane.
The video also completely undercuts the importance of the Erie canal and acts like the Great Lakes weren’t navigable until the 1950’s. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. And although dinky by todays standards made NYC one of the most important ports in the world thereby making NYC the wealthiest city in the world by connecting New York harbor to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River in the early 19th century. The Illinois and Michigan canal is equally important for connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and was opened in 1848. Pretty much all natural resources like lumber and leather and fur were coming from the interior of the US in the 19th century and shipped all over the world via these canals and the ports of New York and New Orleans. Not to mention coal, iron etc.
Not to mention all of the cities that wouldn't exist and/or be as big without it. Like Utica, Buffalo, Rome, Syracuse, and Rochester
I didn't understand why that wasn't mentioned either. The importance of our nations many connecting rivers makes transporting goods and people more efficient, not to mention the strategic importance of canals. The Hudson River and our ports were the epicenter of trade and commerce. Buffalo, NY is where the Elevated mechanical Grain Elevator was first built in the 1840's. So many technological innovations have come from rivers and canals.
That’s what I was gonna say. The Hudson Mohawk system with the eire canal and the ports of NY are massively important historically and still are.
Absolutely 🎉❤
People think the Great Lakes are just “there” nowadays, not realizing the huge role they played in export imports and manufacturing, and creating cities and travel
The barrier islands that surround the eastern and southern United States are also what allowed the original British colonies to flourish. The original colonies could be accessed by boat but protected from prying eyes that sailed up and down the coast. Mainly the French and Spanish
This was probably the best video you've shown. There were some things he was showing that I was saying to myself "Ssshhhh, we don't really want everyone to know about this stuff". I actually learned some things (or rather some things now made sense) and it was a well done overall view of the US. Oh, and that was $3.00 (not $300.00) about 10 gallons limit. Same thing with sugar and periodically other ingredients would go through shortages back in the 70's and 80's.
I agree. When he started talking about how New Orleans could be harmed, I was thinking (Some fool is getting a bad idea.) I learned from this too.
Shhhh!!. Indeed! And a billion $ isn't anything to our gov. We sent over 1 billion $ to Ukraine immediately. We were like "you need some stuff?" Here you go. Covid hit & the gov began cutting checks for every citizen. TWICE.
@@petertrabaris1629 Well if the video narrator knows, then people already know. He didn't discover those weaknesses after all. The problem for anyone who wants to attack them is the retaliation and difficulty in doing so.
A further fun fact for you, the Chesapeake Bay is actually an asteroid impact site. The asteroid did a sideways hit instead of a direct hit. Hence why it's not a typical crater. It happened 35.5 million years ago.
The significance of the barrier islands isn't that they protect the shore but that essentially become navigable river like the Mississippi.
I’m from Las Vegas. I’m 57. I’ve come across your channel and am quite enjoying watching your reactions to my country. I was under the impression that for a good while, we were becoming a joke to the rest of the world. It’s nice to know people are curious about the good (or odd/scary) things we live with.
I myself am fascinated with the UK. Especially your accents and properness. I should do my own search of life there. I go by what I see in movies for my picture of life there. ✌️
I still think that if/when times get tough again, and we know it will. Is that the steadfast alliance, the "Special Relationship" between the US and Great Britain, but it also includes Canada & Australia/NZ will stay true.
I know I still have something in my heart for the UK when the Queen died. Dude, I watched hours of video on You Tube of people walking by her casket. There is a reason we have a warship named USS Winston Churchill, there is a interesting story about that ship and the 9/11 Attack. Look it up.
I am a 65 year old American living in the US all my life. I learned a few things from this video. Thank you!
I was your age in the 1970s. That sign showed a $3.00 per person limit on buying gasoline. Gasoline cost about $0.30 per US gallon at that time. That was about a 10 gallon limit at the time. Roughly if you are talking pounds that was about a 3 pound limit with gas costing about 30 pence per gallon. In 1971, my husband and I bought gas during a "gas war" between two gas stations which were located on opposite corners on a major street. Gas was $0.11 per gallon during the "gas war".
You can thank Mr. Carter for that fiasco and many others.
Sorry - President Jimmy Carter who I thought was the worst President ever until our current one.
Yeah, I graduated HS in 1972. I had a 68 Roadrunner that got about 8 miles to a gallon, so I didn't do much driving.
@@rg20322 Trump is not our president anymore. Thank God!
@@rg20322 30c a gallon was a couple of Presidents before Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter.
I’m a long haul trucker from San Diego California and I also own my own trucking company,currently employing 85 drivers. I’ve traveled throughout the US and Canada including Alaska. The state of California especially central California ships it’s fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the US and Canada especially during winter season.
Yep seeing lots of trucks out there on the freeway this winter. Both the 805 and 5.
Thank you for helping to feed America.
Which is funny considering California was never viable for farming until we made it so. Now they produce a huge chunk of food
I grew up 2 miles from the Mississippi river and spent most of my life on it. Growing up on it means I know my small section of it and how it has changed course from the New Madrid Fault Line over the past 100 years. Earthquakes happen here weekly, most small, some large, yet with each quake, the Mississippi shifts it's course slightly. Although the Quakes in 1812 shifted it so much, it swallowed whole cities.
Besides the seafood mentioned below, the barrier islands are critical for shipping because they shield from oceanic waves and currents. When going across the Atlantic, using the Gulf Stream for an assist is fine, but in many coastal areas you are fighting currents and storminess, which is a real challenge. The barrier islands quell the brunt of all but the biggest storms (hurricanes). However, they do not eliminate the daily sea breezes, so one can sail behind the battier islands without having to fight current. Even if you are not sailing, not having to fight currents, other than the tides, is critical.
I grew up on the Delmarva Peninsula next to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The area is rich in produce, livestock, grains, and seafood. Some of the freshest and most abundant food!
Lots of chickens on Delmarva!
It is important to take into account the reality that in the last 70 years the United States has also built a very extensive highway system in between all of the states throughout the country. Also it has very extensive Revel systems in place from 200 years ago nearly.
Hi Beesley's, from the Chicago area. I love how genuinely interested you are about our beautiful country and its history. Awesome to see. Love you both! Godspeed. ❤🇺🇲🇬🇧
And BTW, my dad was the first generation born here, my grandma was from London. And on my mom's side lots of English... I still have cousins (never met) in West Worthing Sussex. 😊
I live in a city on the mississippi river, there are tons of barges going up and down every day.
BTW, while the mouth of the Mississippi was formerly the chokepoint reflected here, there are at least two other outlets now. At the north end, a canal to the Chicago River has been built to provide ocean access via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Also, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal connects the Tennessee River (part of the Mississippi R. system) to the Tombigbee River, which flows out through Mobile Bay.
The problem with Cuba's geography is still there if a ship heads out to sea from Mobile Bay, or from any other Gulf port.
@@12hairyjohn I think the video overstated Cuba's position as being a serious impediment. Of course, one does not want a hostile regime anywhere near your major interests. However, at its narrowest, the Florida straits are 90 miles, and any ocean-going ships can head through the keys, which waters are under exclusive US control.
Millie did good on this one too!
i always watch this channel to see what other countries think of the US very entertaining and shows me other perspectives keep up the good work☺
I so enjoy how you are so interested in learning about the world and history.
FYI it said at 33:43
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The lines under the last two numbers, where they're slightly smaller and raised to be level with the top of the larger number before them is a way to mark cents. It says the limit for everyone was only $3, which only gets you halfway home if you're rural-ish.
Yeah! In today's money, a $300 limit would be about a $1200 limit! Sorry, you can't buy more than 350 gallons of gas! LOL!
That was likely several gallons of gas back then.
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You forget. America was run by gas guzzlers, and gas guzzling engines. Several gallons got you nowhere. It was closer to 1 mile per gallon to 3 miles per gallon in an area where a grocery store was 6 miles away from the gas station, and your house 13 miles from there quite often if they were lucky. Further away if not. At the time, it was lines of people hopping from gas station to gas station just to go places. Some places had limits not by price, but by gallons per customer with limits being around 2 to 3 gallons, and some 5 before it turned really bad.
Edit: gotta love the good ol days lol. Glad we don't have to worry about this anymore to that degree!
@@jlpack62 I remember as a kid when we had those very long lines in 1973, and looking it up, it was a .39 cent average! So about 8 gallons.
@@RogCBrand yeah, I was a kid then too. I remember. We old!
It is commonly referred to as the intercoastal waterway. Any ship going north or south will make use of the intracoastal waterway because it gives a much smoother ride than being on the ocean.
About a decade ago, I decided to ride the train called The Empire Builder (train routes have names in the US) from Chicago to Glacier National Park in Montana. In the sleeper compartment across the hall was a man visiting from Jersey who liked to talk, and he was amazed at the size of each state. I found it amusing that he kept saying "Wisconskin". Also, yes, Canada is big, but they were showing it in Mercator projection, which exaggerates its size.
Canada's size is largely irrelevant as 90% of the population lives within 100 miles of the US border.
The Atchafalaya River basin is even more important than the video talks about. Besides the system controlling the Mississippi and keeping it in its historical basin, the Corps of Engineers constructions allow substantial portions of the Mississippi water to be diverted into the Atchafalaya in times of Mississippi flooding, thereby protecting much of the lower Mississippi basin.
You guys are so loveable. We love you Brits. Greetings from Colorado, USA.
Canada and the US are almost exactly the same size in area. Canada is larger in total area (land + water) by less than 2%. The US is larger in land area alone by less than 1%.
Right - Canada's size is exaggerated by the Mercator Projection.
Not quite, with land and water, Canada is much larger than you are thinking. It is the largest country in the world since the 1990s due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The majority of its population is located close to its border with the US due to the fact that most of its land is not viable for agriculture, relatively affordable transport infrastructure (they could build it if they had the funds and necessity to do so), and so on.
@@jgkitarel no, Russia is still the largest by far.
Canada is 2nd if you count water within the boundaries and 4th if you only count land.
The US is 4th if you count water, 3rd if you only count land.
China comes just above the US in both cases (3rd with water, 2nd land only)
But both Canada and the US have densely packed cities and nearly-empty hinterlands.
I think that capitalism also played a huge role in the success of America. Allowing the bulk of the wealth created to remain in private hands and not the government.
The US has vast untapped oil reserves in Alaska that will be greater than all the reserves of Saudi Arabia.
Agreed, I wanted to note that freedom/capitalism has just a big an impact if not more than a nation's geography. Africa has more valuable resources/good geography than just about any country in the world yet they're dirt poor. And Hong Kong has literally almost zero natural resources, they were basically a fishing village on a piece of rocky land 70 years ago. Then US forces put in rule of law and property rights. Now they are richer per capita than even the US.
And if you put together a country that is rich in geography PLUS freedom/capitalism? Voila, you get something like the US. Also like it said in the video, we pretty much created our own man-made waterway system and maintained it to keep it that successful. Same thing with shale. That rock was utterly useless, until American innovation(only possible with capitalism) invented a way to vibrate oil out of it.
Also Boston with its two rivers and NYC with the Hudson River which were ports Just like New Orleans.
River transportation is still very important you can transport weight that no road or bridge can handle and without river transportation our roads and rails would be overwhelmed
That was $3.00 not $300.00. Back in the 1970's gas was 40-50 cents a gallon, so when there was a shortage, gas sales were limited to 6-7 gallons. Last summer's drought, the Mississippi river's level was at a record low, causing disruption to shipping. So yes, the Mississippi river is very important.
John Helwig, back in '84, I drove from northern IL to AK, and when I left town, gas was .85/gal. When I reached my first AK town, Skagway, it was 1.35. I was speechless! Oh, if it were only that cheap today.
I don't usually watch videos this long but this one was worth it.
Felt like a movie review. LoL
The limit sign, when you see a line under double zeros, that means limit $3.00
Back in 1815 the Battle of New Orleans was fought between British and American army's and Navy for control of the Mississippi River.😊
Massive barges still travel north and south on the Mississippi River carrying huge amounts of materials, largely agricultural and consumable coal to this day, AND both shores of the Mississippi have freight rail systems that run day and night up and down stream...so it is still a vital part of American trade.
I grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that led the world in steel production for almost 100 years and helped drive the industrial revolution. Iron ore from the upper mid-west was shipped to Erie PA on the great lakes and taken 90 miles by rail to Pittsburgh, the state's natural abundance of cheap energy (natural gas, oil and coal) drove the manufacturing of steel and the Ohio River allowed the products to shipped around the world via the Mississippi River.
The video spelled “Pittsburg” wrong. Did you catch it?
The 300 is actually 3.00 dollars; the underline and the numbers being smaller infers cents. Not used to much today as it causes confusion.
It's still heavily used in retail such as grocery stores or Walmart
Illinois is known for being east of the Mississippi except for one tiny part that isn't any more bc the river moved. Kaskaskia.
The Mississippi river is still to this day a very important transportation route
I absolutely loved this video and reaction! Although I basically knew what it discussed, as an American, it even gave me a clearer and more easily explained reasoning for a lot of points. Very well done! And if you guys can swing it, I would love to see you react to the other video mentioned about Afghanistan. Great reaction and video!! Thank you!
That was $3.00, not $300. Gas at the time was around .50 cents a gallon. I remember filling up an almost empty gas tank for about $6.00. Lol
Where I live we have 3 barrier islands Jupiter Island, Singer Island, and Palm Beach. You have to insanely rich to live on Jupiter and PB islands.
It's crazy if you think about it "been Franklin's" is such a popular term and this guy was never even president. His highest position was ambassador to France. But America creates such legends
I learned so much from this and I have grown up here and am 62! This was great, thank you for sharing!
Lost in the pond guy is why I watch this channel. ❤️💕
In 1955, President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act. This launched the building a vast network of large, wide highways all across the US. It allowed huge amounts of goods to move easily across the country. While that’s the day to day use of the Interstate system, it was also built with how it will allow for the movement of vast amounts of military vehicles and troops if ever needed.
I really enjoyed this video and it was very informative. Thank you guys and keep up the great work. America loves you guys.
175 million tons of freight are shipped yearly on the Mississippi River
this is a great reaction video. well done, Beesleys
I’ll add that where I am from, we built landing craft and submarines during ww2. They were shipped through the Great Lakes and out to the oceans via the Mississippi and through the sault locks to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Many ships built here (including naval ships) still use these routes to get to the oceans.
I live near Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay n those are basically rock formation walls kind of like what Louisiana has with their levees so if any hurricanes or flooding, it keeps the water from hitting land! That spot is probably 20 minutes from my house, and I have been on a boat many times going through there and you can take cruises through there too
I'm a bartender in Las Vegas. I met a couple here on holiday a few years back from Jersey. Really nice people!
You’re correct when you say the Mississippi isn’t used as much as in years past but it’s still a massive route to move goods north and south and it used constantly by massive barges every day. Pretty cool
I love the info about the Mississippi. I live about 3 blocks from it (and luckily on a hill because it's currently flooding us). Fun fact: This is the only place where the river actually flows east to west.
The ports in Florida are Tampa and Miami. They literally sit on two natural harbors. We only dug out parts for cruise ships to go through. Not only that but the St. John’s and Miami rivers basically just give a clear path to ocean travel. You’re not too far from a water source down here. You constantly see cargo ships waiting to enter a dock to unload. They wait a day before being reloaded and given the clear to go. The cargo sits for 30 to 60 days in a isolation storage facility which is normal before being inspected and released to be sold. The law is followed as it checked before isolation and after isolation, anything wrong and the container is flagged and every thing inside is seized and checked again. Depending the result things can be quite bad for whoever originally bought that container. And company that owns it has to trace it back and it’s just a process.
I have had to explain to a friend from the UK that a trip from where I live to the northern portion of my state is like a trip from London to York.. and I live in one of the eastern coastal states, not the western states that are massive by land mass.
The intercostal waterway is like a river - my folks used to have a 38 foot boat and would pilot it from Maine to Florida each year, and they would not have done it if it all was open ocean. The other thing they do is enable marshes and wetlands to exist just inside the waterway, without them they somehow wouldn't persist.
I remember my grandfather being upset back during the gas crisis. It went from .25 cents per gallon to .29 cents per gallon. He had a lot of farming equipment to fill up. So diesel and regular gas were expensive to him cause he made his income from his farm. Not a regular job.
Greetings from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area! Can confirm the waterfall, but it's a fairly small one. The area was huge for grain mills during the city's starts so companies like Gold Medal and Pillsbury have a big history here. The start of the Mississipi is up in northern Minnesota in a lake called Itasca, and the river itself starts as a small stream so it's very impressive how much it grows!
Thank you for sharing this video. They don't teach us any of this in school! I was as interested to learn all this as you! 🤯
I work on the intercostal waterway. 60 miles from New Orleans. Its unbelievable how much commodities are transported along this waterway.
Charleston SC here.
My business delivers onto all the island around Charleston SC.
We Deliver to the Isle of Palms, Deweese Island, Sullivans Island, Folly Beach (its an island), Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island.
My shop is in town. Our delivers area is 40 MILES of coast.
To get to ALL, I have to cross the "Intercoastal Waterway"
All the islands vary from 4 to 10(Kiawah Island home of the 1991 Ryder Cup for James, has a 10 MILE LONG UNINTERRUPTED BEACH)miles long each.
Fun part is that only 2 of the islands (Sullivans and the Isle of Palms) are connected by bridges to each other.
In order to get from one island to the next, you MUST go back to the mainland and then take a different road out to another island.
We cover 40 miles of coast, but my drivers OFTEN drive more than 350 miles a day.
The down side to oil from fracking is that this oil is different than the "normal" oil the USA produces. The last refinery built in the USA was back in the 1970s, thus the USA cannot refine the fracked oil it produces. It has to sell the fracked oil on the open market then buy the resulting gasoline and diesel on the open market.
Yeah, oil is definitely an issue. I just paid another $80 this week for gas and I’m paying that every single week sometimes a lot more than that depending on how much it goes up.
Wtf are you driving?
It wouldn't be an issue if certain people in the government wouldn't keep getting in the way and making it difficult to access our own natural resources.
Helps to not drive a monster truck
@@sector986 It also depends on how long your commute is.
@@randlebrowne2048 then that’s on them. Not just gas prices. 😂
I commute kinda far as well and my gas spending is about 50 a week.
Again it helps to not drive a gas guzzler
It said 3.00$ max not 300, love your vids guy's!
The locks are quite interesting. they were expensive to build but have paid for themselves several times over though.
Transporting good via water is very, very important today!!!! It's just as important, if not more, than it was in the past. Just as he mentioned, it's significantly less expensive to move goods over water than air, road or rail.
Shipping via water is so much cheaper than other transportation systems, that coal comes up to Toledo & Cleveland, OH, then transferred to a ship to go the final way to Detroit, MI.
Yes, the east coast has sandbar barrier islands, I live in Ocean City, MD
I think you'll like our cold hat to the north, that would be Canada. Specifically with the topic of National Parks. Canada got some gorgeous natural scenery!
Marylander here! love the Chesapeake Bay something you have to see to believe.
Funny you mention Jersey Island as part of the UK.
I was watching a WW2 historical documentary the other day and totally forgot about these islands that are part of the UK, and how during the war they had significant German defenses, and of course German soldiers.
Curious if your family was there during the occupation?
Channel islands are so cool...
My brother works at a lumber mill along the Illinois river (a tributary of the Mississippi) and almost all product in and out comes through barges on the river.
He mentions Sioux City for river access. Sioux City at one time had the largest livestock stockyards in the US, right up next to the stockyards in Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas City.
This was a very interesting video and a great reaction. Thanks for sharing this with us. I am 68 and I had no idea that this was true. Impressive! No wonder we have had such a significant higher level of living than most of the world (and much earlier).
Traffic on the Mississippi is so crowded that they built the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a system of canals that can bypass the Mississippi to get from the Ohio Valley to Alabama without going through the Mississippi. And as mentioned, the Intracoastal Waterway covers most of the Gulf/Atlantic Coast from near Mexico to New York City.
The Mississippi River is still immensely important for transportation.
You misread the gas sign. It was a limit of $3 per person to buy gas.
Bush was president during 9/11 and the first Gulf war.
Different Bush in both wars. The first Bush was president during the first Gulf war. His son was president during 9/11 and the second Gulf war.
I've always thought about how blessed we are to be where we are on the globe. Oceans separate us from our biggest rivals, and the countries that we do share boarders with are our allies
I’m from Florida I know about barrier, islands and all but I didn’t know they covered that much of the coastline
same
@@aidenheck2944 oh, what part of Florida I’m from Tampa Bay
@@IAMJORDI0117 Daytona beach
When men noticed the barrier islands they dredged out a canal between the barrier islands and the mainland. It is called the Intracoastal Waterway, but now giant ships travel it so most of it is man made.
Also neglected to mention the C&D canal connecting Delaware bay to the Chesapeake bay in Delaware.
I live in Florida and nobody really thinks of the barrier islands as an island. Many people live there. Even my school is on the barrier island.
This is so true. I grew up in South Florida, so I’m always amazed at how people are shocked at how many barrier islands we have in the state of Florida. Heck, arguably the most popular tourist destination in Miami, South Beach, is literally on a barrier island!
The beginning of the Mississippi starts in Itasca state park in Minnesota. The headwaters and lake itasca (pronounced - eye-tass-kah) are fun place to visit
I think that's a $3.00 limit on the sign.
Did they even cover the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) was the largest civil works project ever undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
My son works for the most highly developed Navy in the world
. Destroyers. Literally
During WWII,submarines were built in Michigan and Wisconsin. The left the north central USA and navigated the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River and to the ocean!
I dont know why, but in every video done similar to this one. They always leave out the Houston Ship Channel. Its huge also.
As an American I can sleep every night knowing that we are safe..
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You two are great! Refreshing to see normal folks keeping informed about bigger issues at a time when many are consumed with pop culture related bits with little to no real importance.
The USA is truly blessed.
Never think your not part of us … you are our greatest ally, if, like I’ve said, anyone even dares to look sideways at you, makes a stupid move …WELL! They shall reap the whirlwind, and cease to exist!!!! We love you too.. your under our umbrella!!!!
I'm from Thibodaux, Louisiana. I cross the inter costal water way everyday to work.
Northeast Mississippian here. The Mississippi River is still a very essential transport lane in America even today.
Here’s to another century of Pax Americana!!❤