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Originally Posted by BrinChi
Without a doubt it's astounding that the Lake could go from record low in 2013 to record high in 2020. Still, it's not like it's moving feet in the duration of a single rain event. The flow valves mentioned should provide options before the Lake could ever truly encroach on the city..
Diana must have copied the (also fear-mongering) NYT article from a couple months back that presented Chicago as more susceptible to climate change than most ocean coastal cities because of the speed in which the water levels change. There's some truth there, but, as others have said, there's no comparison to the scale of ocean water. If the ocean takes a piece of land, it's pretty much gone. |
IIRC, I believe the record actually came much more quickly after that, in the summer of 2014 and into 2015, after the record winter snowfall of over 84" from Jan-April 2014. The lake levels will probably continue to fluctuate more regularly as climate change continues to...change the planet.