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putzmeister
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Initially Posted - 01/14/2013 :  19:22:25  Show Profile
Ugh, glad we have a trailer!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/13/us/great-lakes-low-water/index.html
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  06:09:25  Show Profile
Tell me about it... better get out the charts.
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Tradewind
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  16:45:12  Show Profile
Ray, looks like Lanier. West Point Lake looked like that a few years ago also, sure am glad I moved to the coast.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 01/15/2013 :  18:15:45  Show Profile
I am still sailing...plenty of depth.. just gotta watch the charts. Love the gulf though....send pictures!
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  09:45:38  Show Profile
The central Texas lakes are all low. Lake Travis (Austin) is down 50', Medina Lake is at 9% capacity, Armistad and Falcon are way down.
Fortunately Canyon lake is only 9' low.
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putzmeister
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  11:09:08  Show Profile
I vaguely recall a blurb about states that border the great lakes passing some kind of bill that would prevent any waters ever being sent west. Nat Geo did an article a couple-three years ago stating that even if the population of Maricopa County stop growing today - they would still run out of water in, say, 10 years. After visiting AZ and CO several times - I have a new appreciation every-time it rains here in the east.

<i>Whiskey's for drinking, water's for fighting over.</i>
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jimhart
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Response Posted - 01/16/2013 :  12:51:38  Show Profile
I sail on the Ross Barnett Reservoir (33,000 acres) Jackson, Ms.
I sail my Catalina 25 and race as crew on a Beneteau First 29.
During 2012 we had 15 inches of rain over normal.

Currently its been raining for a week. We would be happy to share some of water with a "dry area".
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/21/2013 :  10:56:40  Show Profile
A friend sent me this picture he had taken over the weekend of my slip on the northwestern corner of Lake Erie. In it you can see the divot that was carved out by my keel due to fluctuating water levels.



Here's a shot of the approach to the haulout/launch slip. Not even enough water to launch a canoe!


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PCP777
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Response Posted - 02/06/2013 :  19:09:05  Show Profile
My lake was very low last year and is come back in the last few months.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/06/2013 :  19:21:22  Show Profile
[url="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302060091"]Lakes Huron, Michigan at lowest levels recorded[/url]
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/06/2013 :  20:15:36  Show Profile
Meanwhile ocean levels are rising... Wonder what's going on...
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/07/2013 :  20:40:05  Show Profile
Well, nobody can definitely assign it to global warming, but GW does predict extreme weather patterns with long and severe droughts in some areas and flooding in others as consequences. Rising sea levels are an absolute. It really could just be coincidence, but the only two times that Ohio has been battered by decaying hurricanes that I remember both happened in the last 5 years. The evidence isn't there yet, but the downside is that it won't be conclusive until its too late if GW is the cause.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/08/2013 :  17:52:45  Show Profile
Boston is due to get more snow today and tomorrow than they've ever gotten since they started keeping records. While some folks might ask what's snow got to do with GW?, but it's climate change creating more extreme weather: wetter floods and droughtier droughts.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/08/2013 :  17:54:26  Show Profile
Btw, Lake Michigan is welcome to all the snow in my driveway and sidewalks!
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