OK Stu, here's a dumb question: If the water is leaving the Upper Great Lakes faster than normal, why isn't the level of the Lower Great Lakes rising with all that influx of water? We keep our boat in Hamilton, Ontario, and the water level at the fixed docks at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club is so low now that I have to sit on my butt on the dock with my legs dangling in space before a gingerly lower myself on to the deck of Trillium now several feet below dock level. I can't see how putting baffles in the St. Clair River is going to improve the water level on Lake Ontario. There seems to be something more at work here than water flow through the St. Clair River. It probably has to do more with lack of snow fall and snow build up in the winter with resulting reduced run off in the spring, as well as changes in precipitation generally. Global warming (or Climate Change) perhaps? I don't have an answer, but this does seem to be a problem facing the whole Great Lakes, not just the Upper Lakes.
Rob On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Stu <s...@cncphotoalbum.com> wrote: > ** > This is NOT C&C related, but if you can't sail your boat, it will be: > > Dear friends of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, > > A recent report by the International Joint Commission (IJC) > recently announced a recommendation that the water level of Lake > Huron/Georgian Bay be allowed to decline by another 1½ metres without > government intervention (for our American friends, that's 5 feet!). > Why do we care? Because the Great Lakes were formed by glacial melt in the > last Ice Age, and man has intervened. We have created global warming and we > dredged the St. Clair River to permit super tanker ships to reach the upper > Great Lakes. In fact, the channel was over-dredged and exposed a soft layer > of terrain which washed away further increasing the flow of water leaving > the upper Great Lakes. The flow of water leaving the lakes has been > dramatically accelerated! If allowed to continue, the lake levels will > continue to drop. > *There is a solution*: stone baffles could be installed at the bottom of > the St. Clair to return the depth of the St Clair River to that which was > intended for freighter traffic. The dollars required to do his are quite > manageable and are much less than the cost of allowing the situation to > continue. > Please take a short moment to sign a new petition which implores the IJC > to do something about the problem. (See link below). If you care about the > ecological and economic devastation that will result from further drops in > the water level, send an e-mail to the IJC, ( link below), and please pass > on the links *to everyone you know.* > Thanks for caring about the Bay > > *Read more about it and sign it here*: > > http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_the_upper_Great_Lakes_water_levels_especially_Lake_Huron_and_Georgian_Bay/?launch > > To contact the IJC: > e-mail - commiss...@ottawa.ijc.org > Letter - 234 Laurier Ave W 22nd Floor, Ottawa ON, K1P 6K6 > Campaigns like this always start small, but they grow when people like > us get involved -- please take a second right now to help out by signing > and passing it on. > > > To edit your petition at any time, click here: > > http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_the_upper_Great_Lakes_water_levels_especially_Lake_Huron_and_Georgian_Bay/edit/ > > Let's make change, > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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