Stu is right to point this out. We need to listen and to do something. Here is my background based on what I do for a living and who I do it for.
This issue is always going to be a difficult one. I am in the aerial mapping business and we have seen projects come out either because the lake levels were too high and caused property damaging erosion (1988-1990 comes to mind) that needed to be mapped for? The IJC. So they are looking at this. There are four drain plugs in the system that I know of, 1 Jackfish River to divert to hydro power in the James Bay 1) Chicago Canal to flood the Mississippi for shipping 2) Oswego to flood the Hudson 3) St. Lawrence which also drives shipping and hydroelectric These are supposed to balanced, and if the scientists were running the show, they probably would be, but politicians are, so the squeaky hinge gets the flow, so the St. Clair River deal just put a kibosh on everything because it accelerates the flown to Erie which due to its shallow nature is a great evaporator. No one figured on losing ice the way we have on all the lakes. I photographed Lake Ontario in Feb 1978, the last time it had more than 50% cover. Counting on this evaporation to create more snow is a nice wish, but as one guy on this list pointed out, Superior is upwind of everything, so don't count on it. WE ARE THE REASON. AND WHEN WE EITHER CHANGE OUR WAYS, OR GET POLITICIANS TO CHANGE THEM FOR US, THE SITUATION WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, BUT IF WE DO NOTHING, THE WATER WILL EVAPORATE AND DUMP DOWNWIND INTO THE OCEAN EITHER AS SNOW OR RAIN. My .02 worth. ALEX GIANNELIA CC 35-II (1974) WILL BE RENAMED ON THE HARD SINCE NOV. 2006 and if the lake levels drop more, may be there forever ;>} Toronto Ontario _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
