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The water levels for Lake Erie are already at record levels and this is before all of the water that will be added with the big thaw and rain in the forecast. There are a number of homes near Erieau where the people have been evacuated due to the danger of a protective dike failing.
All if the other Great Lakes are facing similarly high water levels right now. I suspect this spring it will be hard to find boat launches that are not submerged.
My pond already has green algae growing in it I can’t just imagined be what Lake Erie will be like this summer. Mud line is out for miles at times from bluff erosion and the lake had been relatively calm wait till spring storms 20”+ up now
we already got the 2 main ramps closed on the detroit river.\, due to water levels.
People; they are deliberately mismanaging the watershed on purpose to support Climate Change and floods scare mongering. Why else has this been an issue until the last 3 yrs, in Renfrew/Madawaska we had lakes dry, rivers at record low levels (upper watershed) because of outflow mismanagement of the eastern Ontario watershed.
Last summer on the St Lawrence the waters remained high all summer, never seen before in 10 yrs I have been on the river. It is mismanagement to support climate change program of fear.
They have the St Lawrence high all winter
Yep and there is plenty of snow up in the north. That's all got to melt still has been falling since October. As we enjoy the warm here it's still currently minus 1 way up north it Still has lots to melt over a month
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You tell me can they regulate the amount of water that goes over the falls.
Or are the turbines been taking off line somewhat for wind mills equal less water than after leaving upper lakes
I know we can’t flood out Quebec
Last six years something has changed rain and snowfall isn’t up that much
Maybe Erie will rise another 30 to 60 feet, then my Mother in Law will have beach front property..:joker:
Maybe Lake Erie will rise 90’ and mother in-law will move in with you!
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lol. Good one
She's old world Italian. I'd be so fat, I'd have to waddle..;)Quote:
Originally Posted by js4fn
livin the dream! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
Sooner or later the powers to be will have to start pulling the plug(s) and lowering the levels, if you live downstream, too bad, no point in making everyone suffer. If they had kept an eye on it years ago, we wouldn't have this problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by js4fn
It's hard to understand with todays technology and ability to monitor water levels right across the country more can't be done to mitigate the flooding. Seemed to be better controlled years ago when Joe would keep an eye on the lake and pull timbers as needed!
I would suggest the conspiracy theorists on here should have a look at this site. https://www.ijc.org/en
It might help explain some of the many issues regarding water levels on the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway?
If they open the flood gates up here (L. Superior) you are the ones "downstream". Does your comment still apply?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman
Open them up...I have an ARK.:joker:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
I also live over a hundred and some feet above lake Erie. ;)
Yes, in moderation, I don't mean to sound mean, but when your diapers are full, sooner than later you have to do something. Doing nothing doesn't solve the problem and sure as hell don't need a royal commission to study it for years and come up with useless solutions. Better to have slightly lower or "normal" levels than allowing it to creep up every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
Seems not that long ago people on Georgian bay were screaming about the low water levels leaving their lakefront properties useless and docks and boat houses hundreds of feet from the waters edge. Maybe the solution is now the problem?
North of Oliphant on Lake Huron at our cottage the deck that held two Muskoka chairs about 50' from the water had to be moved 2 years ago. The bigger deck way over 100' water from the water a few years and probably atleast 3 or 4' above it (based on the rock I used to sit on and put my sandles on is now over 3' underwater during last summer).... the deck which I thought.... THOUGHT was OK is now sitting on the neighbours deck when I checked the cottage end of January... at some point the waves and ice had not only come up that last bit but also relocated it. It isn't only the level but some of the shoals/islands off shore are now over 3' underwater so no protection. The 6" wall/walkway along the property line which had been a bit of a break wall last summer now obviously wasn't enough at some point, there was stones, trash, sticks etc. obviously washed up in the yard half way to the house. Most of the island/shoals north of us were underwater when I paddled up that way in the summer so those not right in Pikes Bay etc. will have some big waves to worry about too it looks like.
I often wonder if the entities that control these things suffer from the same perils as seemingly every other industry in this province, maybe the people most qualified to make decisions aren't in the position to do so. Maybe there is a lack of experience or a disorganized management? I doubt there is a deliberate intent to cause flooding. It seems like these days you'd have a hard time getting enough people in a room to make a unanimous decision on anything and an even harder time finding somebody to shoulder the responsibility of a decision themselves.
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Originally Posted by dean.f