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Who pulled the plug on Lake Huron?
Nov 04 2012 05:59 PM | Capt'n Mike 
in News
Mike Connell: Who pulled the plug on Lake Huron?
Nov 4, 2012
On a mild day last month, I took a barefoot stroll on the near-shore sandbar at Lakeside Beach.
While I chose to make a splash here and there, I could have ambled along without getting my feet wet. With waves no higher than the pen in my pocket, the sandbar was dry land.
Had I attempted the same walk in October 1986, I would have been swimming. The lake level today is nearly six feet lower than it was 26 years ago.
Hey, who pulled the plug on Lake Huron?
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WHAT IS BEHIND the diminishing levels? Is this just nature being nature, or is human manipulation involved?
Answering such questions is difficult, even for the scientists who devote their careers to studying the Great Lakes. Convincing the rest of us to accept the answers is perhaps even more challenging.
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THE ARMY AND THE IJC also have examined the question of whether dredging on the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair explains why boat docks have been left high and dry on the islands of the Georgian Bay.
Read the full story here
Nov 4, 2012
On a mild day last month, I took a barefoot stroll on the near-shore sandbar at Lakeside Beach.
While I chose to make a splash here and there, I could have ambled along without getting my feet wet. With waves no higher than the pen in my pocket, the sandbar was dry land.
Had I attempted the same walk in October 1986, I would have been swimming. The lake level today is nearly six feet lower than it was 26 years ago.
Hey, who pulled the plug on Lake Huron?
«« »»
WHAT IS BEHIND the diminishing levels? Is this just nature being nature, or is human manipulation involved?
Answering such questions is difficult, even for the scientists who devote their careers to studying the Great Lakes. Convincing the rest of us to accept the answers is perhaps even more challenging.
......
THE ARMY AND THE IJC also have examined the question of whether dredging on the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair explains why boat docks have been left high and dry on the islands of the Georgian Bay.
Read the full story here
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Mi piace andare in barca
06 November 2012 - 08:54 AM
I am concerned about these low lake levels too.
Keep me wet
06 November 2012 - 08:17 PM
Obama and all his Ilinois buddies (you know...the politicians in his home state with all the "high moral values" who never take bribes) would rather use our water to flush their sewage down the Mississippi so that they can maximize their profits on shipping barges with higher water. The Mississippi River is definately a huge economic factory in our economy, so I doubt you will ever see that diversion altered or shut down.
But I could not resist the opportunity to slam him and his political base over this issue. We, our recreational boating, and our sportfishing economy are not even a factor to be considered in comparison to the economic benefits of shipping on that river. We're small fish and to be truthful the federal government does not care about the concerns we Michigan citizens have. Add the politics of the west coast and the agricultural industry between us and the Rocky Mountains and all of them would just as soon drain our lakes and ship our water to them for their needs.
No doubt our lower water is being caused by the lack of precipitation and the fact that its all evaporating from not freezing all winter. But we will not get any help from the feds or Illinois during our time of need. We are going to be victims here, and the Corps of Engineers is going to spend any extra cash they have on protecting the East Coast from the next "perfect storm". From what was said on the news last week the areas affected by the hurricaine amounts to 25% of the entire US economy. So don't plan on any federal help in the future for this area. Any federal financial aid will be directed to that area and New Orleans to avoid future allegations of the feds ignoring the proven needs to protect the financial assets of the areas that provide the greatest amount of money to our ailing economy.
It might be time to downsize to a smaller boat and get ready for increases in the cost of your flood insurance so that the big money guys on the east coast can rebuild their waterfront homes on beaches that should not have homes on them in the first place.
But I could not resist the opportunity to slam him and his political base over this issue. We, our recreational boating, and our sportfishing economy are not even a factor to be considered in comparison to the economic benefits of shipping on that river. We're small fish and to be truthful the federal government does not care about the concerns we Michigan citizens have. Add the politics of the west coast and the agricultural industry between us and the Rocky Mountains and all of them would just as soon drain our lakes and ship our water to them for their needs.
No doubt our lower water is being caused by the lack of precipitation and the fact that its all evaporating from not freezing all winter. But we will not get any help from the feds or Illinois during our time of need. We are going to be victims here, and the Corps of Engineers is going to spend any extra cash they have on protecting the East Coast from the next "perfect storm". From what was said on the news last week the areas affected by the hurricaine amounts to 25% of the entire US economy. So don't plan on any federal help in the future for this area. Any federal financial aid will be directed to that area and New Orleans to avoid future allegations of the feds ignoring the proven needs to protect the financial assets of the areas that provide the greatest amount of money to our ailing economy.
It might be time to downsize to a smaller boat and get ready for increases in the cost of your flood insurance so that the big money guys on the east coast can rebuild their waterfront homes on beaches that should not have homes on them in the first place.
raind2
09 November 2012 - 10:40 AM
It's ironic some places have too much water and others not enough, yet the price of water always goes up. To answer the question though. [attachment=97402:C7901D0F9769A6CE2F79ADEFB6F79_h231_w308_m4_czuLdOdVX.jpg]
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