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Originally Posted by Crawford
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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yes. i was just clarifying that lake levels have nothing to do with sea-level because we had someone on this very forum who thought that global sea level rise would mean that chicago and toronto and detroit would be underwater just like many of the coastal cities.
great lakes water levels rise and fall on their own cycle that is not tied to sea-level.
right now we are at one of the historic highs, and everyone is freaking out about how
"there's too damn much water! what are we gonna do?".
10-15 years ago the lakes were near historic lows and everyone was freaking out about how
"there's not nearly enough water! what are we gonna do?"
and back in the late 80s the lakes were near records highs and everyone was freaking out about how
"there's too damn much water! what are we gonna do?".
that cycle has ebbed and flowed like that for thousands of years now.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Right, but Lake Huron doesn't have the same issues because the topography is totally different.
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the specific issues might be a bit different, but because they share the same water level, lake huron is not immune to rising lake levels in lake michigan. it's all just one big giant lake.
High water levels in Lake Huron causing problems in east Michigan
'Expect record flooding, record high water'