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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
lake michigan water levels have nothing directly to do with sea-level rise.
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Lake Michigan water levels are at or near historic highs. Yeah, they have nothing to do with ocean levels, but the issues on Lake Michigan are directly tied to rising water levels.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
lakes huron and michigan are connected by the 5-mile-wide straits of mackinac, and are in fact one single giant lake, hydrologically speaking.
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Right, but Lake Huron doesn't have the same issues because the topography is totally different. The Michigan side of Lake Michigan is typified by sand dunes, cliffs, and other geologically fragile features where erosion is more apt to play havoc on seaside homes. The Michigan side of Lake Erie lacks these features.
There are many thousands of cliffside homes on the Lake Michigan side; there probably isn't one home on the Lake Huron side that could be described as such. I also haven't heard of a single relocated home on Lake Huron; on Lake Michigan it's extremely common.