Lake Erie Water Levels by CP?
So where I am its been raining plenty much and I haven't been by Sandusky or anywhere near Lake Erie so my question is are the water levels of Lake Erie still..safe? We want to go to CP tomorrow and just want to make sure they won't cancel due to water levels of the lake. if that's even ever happened. Any help on the Waters by CP would be great. Thanks.
Lake Erie pretty much stays at the same level all the time. Water is constanly moving eastward toward the Niagra Falls region and out towards the Atlantic. The only water in our region that levels rise are the rivers because they are much smaller and can't handle the mass volumes of water that rushes its way when it rains.
If you mean will Cedar Point be submerged I wouldn't worry about it. Never heard of it happening. I'm actually seriously considering going later today.
StealthPirate07 said:
Lake Erie pretty much stays at the same level all the time. Water is constantly moving eastward toward the Niagra Falls region and out towards the Atlantic. The only water in our region that levels rise are the rivers because they are much smaller and can't handle the mass volumes of water that rushes its way when it rains.
Actually the lake has risen and fallen almost 2.5 feet this year. Right now it is very high due to three things, high Snow and ice levels from the upper great lakes form the winter of 2014(meaning two winters ago), winds predominately eastern blowing water back into the western basin and lastly local rain levels.
This is probably cyclical and will continue for the next three to four years. CP will not be closing the water is not high enough to present a danger to park goers.
The water table at Cedar Point is certainly not something that you have to worry about. Might be nice to have the water rise, however, might be nice to have more than 4 inches of water to swim in...
For the most part the only time you have to worry about high water there is when there is a cloudburst that dumps a massive amount of rain in a short period of time. It's not unusual for the drainage system to be overwhelmed by this. I've been there during such events where there was eight to ten inches standing on the midway. When the rain stops the water eventually drains off, usually within an hour or so
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