CNN reports on low water levels in the Great Lakes

Thanks for the info. We used to live in Michigan, and that was part of the reason we sold our boat. Lake St. Clair was so low and there were so many boaters that it made for a very, very crowded lake and not much fun.

There are many houses on canals up there where people can't put their boats in because the water is so low. Bummer, to say the least.
 
WOW, Great information.
I also have lived on the Great lakes for darn near 60 years and never have seen the water as low as it is. Remembering when I was a kid, the snow fall and the spring rains we used to get was almost unbelievable. Is Al Gore right? I hope not.
 
I doubt it.

The whole problem with the global warming crowd is that they are trying to predict gloom and doom based on a couple of hundred years of data. In geologic time, 200-500 years is just a a very short microblip in time.

We know that the entire planet froze over completely at least twice. The logial conclusion is that we've already had at least two major "global cooling" events followed by two major periods of "global warming". All of this happened without the assistance of industrial pollution, automobiles, cow farts, or the exhaust from Al Gore's private jet.

We just flat out have not taken enough measurements over a long enough period of time to support making any conclusions. It is quite possible that the Great Lakes have done this for 15 years every 500 years or so for the past 2 million years. It is also possible that this just happens to be first cycle that we are actually around to measure and record using "standard" measurements.

Just my .02.. I think too many people have already jumped on the panic button based on questionable data.

Oh... and I hope the water levels rise again soon so ya'll can get out and go boating again....
Michael
 
Skibum,

I believe you are right on target. The lake levels are constantly in flux. I am old enough to remember a time when Lake St. Clair was "too high", and the folks that lived on canals were sandbagging their sea walls to keep water away. In fact, the marina that I am at was built at this time, and we need a ladder to climb down into our boat.

I also came across lake maps from 1969 (from my parents), and the lake levels of today are the same. Go figure!

I guess if you were boating in the mid-70's (high water) and are comapring it to today, then YES, the lake is low. I bet if you looked at the historic averages (highs, lows, avg.), we are probably near the avg.

All goes back to lies, darn lies, and statistics. Paper does not care what you write on it.

Gregg
 
I'm encouraged to see CNN highlighting the "draining" of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan by the dredging at the bottom of Lake Huron. This is a man-made problem that needs fixing.

The Lake Superior fisherman is wrong in my opinion. Lake Superior has been lower in historical times. The news spot didn't mention the dredging at the Superior outlet (St. Mary's River) that also contributes to lowered Lake Superior levels.

I don't doubt that warmer winter temperatures do contribute to increased evaporation of lake water. But, these are very complex systems that some folks try to reduce to simplistic generalities.

This speech by Michael Crichton hits the nail on the head, for me. http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speech-complexity.html
 
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