One great thing about online casinos is that you don’t have to worry too much about the impact of Mother Nature. Sure, if all of the servers go down due to a power outage, you could be out of luck for a while, but that’s about the only problem you could experience. Plus, those websites have redundancy servers to protect about that kind of thing. Brick and mortar casinos, however, don’t have that luxury.
Last month, casinos in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois had to close due to excessive flooding. Now more casinos have been added to the list. On Sunday, casinos in Tunica, Mississippi closed for the first time ever and will remain closed until the flood waters recede. The county sent in the SWAT Team to remove millions of dollars from the casinos, some of which were brought from the nearby Horseshoe Casino when it was shut down by flooding.
Things are even worse in Ohio. Harrah’s Casino has been closed since April 27 due to flooding of the Ohio River, which is at its greatest height in 74 years. The river is over 20 feet higher than its flood stage. It’s so bad that the Army Corps of Engineers is considering blasting a levee with explosives in order to ease the pressure. Most of the residents of Cairo, Illinois have already evacuated, so it’s not like they would be visiting the casino, anyway, but these types of things have been happening more than usual this year.
If you’re reading this from the safety of your home, you can easily log onto an online casino and not have to worry about flood waters. That is, unless your home is flooded, in which case you should be somewhere else. Get off the computer!
