Lake Erie

Water taxi bellhops right at breakers =)

That is yet another reason to be made whole.

Quick! Dig a trench to Lake Mead. Should we be so lucky to have such an abundance. Flooding is always the worst though. Not good. Lake Ontario too. Pretty nuts how widespread. Bet it’s really awesome if the waters that high and freezes.

You all know there’s a scientific explanation for this, right? Our oceans and polar caps are in deep trouble and I’m afraid the future of the Great Lakes (and Cedar Point) is not good in the long run.

From what I have read on the situation, albeit not a ton, what we can expect is larger swings in the lake levels and the current dam infrastructure can only minimally help control that.

Maybe CF should hold on to that land in Aurora a bit longer. :D

Geauga Lake... On The Lake?

I say dredge the bay, fill in the current marina creating more park acreage. Raise the flood zones, and build a bigger / better new marina. Boom, problem solved.

That would likely fix Magnum’s sinking issue as well. Win-win.

US Corps of engineers just released its most recent 6 month model, showing that if the great lakes region receives an average amount of precipitation this winter, the great lakes will be 6-8 inches higher than the historic highs we experienced this year. We (Lake St. Clair) are currently 33" above average levels and are getting perilously close to disaster along the shoreline.

I know it was longer ago than I think, but wasn't it just a few years ago that the lakes were at record low levels? I remember seeing pictures of marinas with the story that they were going to go out of business because their docks were no longer in the water.

RCMAC said:

You all know there’s a scientific explanation for this, right? Our oceans and polar caps are in deep trouble and I’m afraid the future of the Great Lakes (and Cedar Point) is not good in the long run.

You also know that for every study that says this, there's another study that says these are normal environmental fluctuations that have occurred for thousands of years. It was only 7 years ago that the Great Lakes were at record lows.

But I suppose the facts don't matter to those determined to frame an agenda around their narrative. Not referring to you individually, but to those who share your beliefs based on what you wrote.

Actually, for every 97 studies that agree with the human impact on climate change, there are about 3 that say "other". In the world of science, the only room for "agenda" is from the small minority that want to deny a scientific consensus for political gain. See the debate on autism and vaccines. Denying stuff like this is how we get assholes like this:

But I digress.

Lake Erie has not had record lows since the 1930's, and up until the past couple years the levels have been perfectly normal since 1999, with only the past couple years showing an upward trend. That said, from 1970 -1990 there was a long period of above average. Cedar Point somehow survived.

https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Information/Great-Lakes-Information-2/Water-Level-Data/

I don't doubt the human impact of climate change (that's not my point), and only hindsight will be able to tell what happens with these water levels (the Great Lakes are connected to the Atlantic Ocean, after all)....but in terms of the longview of the water levels of the Great Lakes, the only thing new about this season's high water levels is our ability to talk about it on the internet.

What's fun about the data above is that the water levels of each of the lakes are interconnected, which is no surprise.

What could be a point of concern from the observable data is that Erie, St. Clair, and Ontario all hit new record peaks this past year. By a wide margin? No, but it's clear to the naked eye that the new record highs have been hit, and with the overwhelming scientific consensus that our ocean levels will continue to rise (no, it's not a 1-1 study ratio), it does make one consider the long-term impact.