Absolutely right. Most people around the Chicago area, where I live, look at the size of Lake Michigan and just assume it has a big drainage area, which it doesn't. There's a ridge that runs through the western suburbs that demarcates the lake's drainage from the Mississippi's. When I go downtown I go past the sign marking the "Continental Divide" in Oak Park, IL; it's about 2 miles from my house and 10 miles from the shore. The rain that runs off my roof goes into the Gulf of Mexico, not the lake.
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ronald B. Frerker Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:26 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels Levels on the Mississippi should have no effect. The river watershed is not connected to the Great Lakes. Most of the Great Lakes have little watershed area; well at least in the US. For eg., the Superior watershed only goes back 50mi from the western shore. So a light winter can have a dramatic effect if the flow out of the lake system is normal. And as I believe Fred pointed out, evaporation is a major factor, especially when the watershed area is small relative to the surface water area. Usually there is little maneuvering room for changing dam releases on the upper Miss. The changes are usually made on the big dams of the Missouri since 40% of the lower Miss' summer flow is from the Missouri. Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30 STL --- On Wed, 10/3/12, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net<mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net>> wrote: From: Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net<mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 5:13 PM Great Lakes water level: Just guessing, but isn't the fall in lake levels due to lower rainfall amounts? Also, didn't they raise the level of the Mississippi (by lowering dam levels upstream to feed it) because they need to keep channels filled for commercial shipping? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ________________________________ From: "dwight veinot" <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca<mailto:dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:07:20 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels So what could the government do??? Has someone interfered with nature or what??? Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stu Sent: October 3, 2012 1:14 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels The main intention of my first email, was to pass along information on what is happening to the water levels in the Great Lakes and to let people know that the governments are doing nothing to improve the situation. Allowing the level in 1 lake to drop another 5 feet is going to destroy fishing, boating and most recreational activities on the lake. Don't shoot the messenger -- point the gun at the politicians. Stu ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5307 - Release Date: 10/03/12 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com</mc/compose?to=CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
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