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Originally Posted by Crawford
There are thousands of homes at risk of falling into Lake Michigan, due to sea level rise and accelerated erosion.
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lake michigan water levels have nothing directly to do with sea-level rise.
lake michigan water level is typically ~580' above sea level.
even if global sea level rises 500' over the next century, lake michigan would still be above that.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Lake Huron, which doesn't quite have the issues of Lake Michigan
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lakes huron and michigan are connected by the 5-mile-wide straits of mackinac, and are in fact one single giant lake, hydrologically speaking.
they share the same water level at all times. it is only through historical convention that we think of them as separate, individual lakes; the water inside them does not care.