Global Warming and the Great Lakes
Already, Lake Superior has increased water temperatures and an earlier onset of summer stratification by about two weeks in just the past 30 years. Within another 30 years Lake Superior may be mostly ice-free in a typical winter.
Lake Erie water levels, already below average, could drop 4-5 feet by the end of this century
Global Warming and the Great Lakes – National Wildlife Federation
Lake Superior obliterated all records for ice this year, and the water level in all of the Great Lakes is above normal.
Reblogged this on Catholic Glasses and commented:
Lake levels up. Ice cover up. It is not natural weather. It is man-made weather. Global warming is a lie.
So it looks like there is no mandatory Drug Testing for columnists at National Wildlife Federation.
Funny!
Here is NWF’s description.
http://www.undueinfluence.com/nwf.htm
Just reminded me of this from mid June of this year….
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/mile-long-icezilla-imaged-by-landsat/
Methinks the key to the NWF situation can be found at the upper right of the page with the article. DONATE TAKE ACTION Some people send their hard-earned money to these scamsters.
Exactly correct. These so called environmentalist can’t see reality when its right in front of their eyes …. but they can spot a government grant from a mile away.
And never mind that lake levels above Detroit are determined largely by outflow capacity thru Lake St. Claire and its river– which has been dredged to artificially high outflow levels. Nope, can’t be the dredging…must be Manbearpig and his gospel. (Cue sounds of vomiting…)
I’m in Chicago this week. There was a hint of autumn in the air this morning. I’m not complaining as it was wonderful, but I couldn’t help but wonder if it might portend an early and brutal winter.
Joe Bastardi at Weatherbell sure thinks so. And even the NWS is predicting a tough winter for the Midwest and great lakes regions stretching over towards New England.. So I would say the odds are those of us that took the worst of it last winter are in for a replay.
Personally, I say let come what may. As an on call big truck driver, the worse the weather gets, the more money I make. When the steering wheel holders call off their planned runs because they see there is going to be bad weather along their route, me or one of my four compadres get the call to go cover their runs. And since we’re paid on a salary plus overtime basis and not by miles it is winter time when we make the most overtime.
There is always a bright side. One just has to look for it.
The 70’s in the Midwest was also good for tow truck drivers. Drifting snow = money… simple math.
Ya know. This driving job I’m in is similar in a way to when I was in SF. Often the key to staying alive and out of trouble is identifying where that fine line between hardcore and stupid lies. Sometimes it isn’t easy to see but one sure knows when they crossed it. I crossed it once last winter but was fortunate enough to make it through with only a couple of extra gray hairs. But I sure knew when I had crossed it. In a similar situation I hope I have the wisdom to pull it over and park it next time.
rah, I was crossing Wyoming on I-80 in the winter of 2006-2007 (don’t recall the month). I counted 25 semis jack-knifed along the way between Cheyenne and Evanston.
Stay safe!
“Lake Superior obliterated all records for ice this year”
When weather fits the catastrophic global warming narrative, it’s climate. When it doesn’t, it’s just a weather anomaly. Lake Superior is currently experiencing a weather anomaly. Climate scientists predicted such anomalies. Ergo, the extra ice in Lake Superior proves catastrophic global warming is real.
I’m lucky to live on the southern shore of Lake Ontario (aka as the “North Coast” of the USA). The water level “varies” from year to year, always has, always will. The amount of winter ice here also “varies” from year to year, always has, always will.
But the fishing has been getting better over the last 4 decades or so. I had relatives that made a living with commercial fishing on Lake Ontario way back in the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. The unwise dumping of detrimental stuff (yes, some from “evil” chemical companies, but some from plain old folks laundry detergent) did degrade the lakes for a while. I remember well the piles of dead fish on the shore, sure dissuaded you from wanting to go for a swim.
The lakes are making a comeback (with a little help from us “evil” humans, we had to “import” Bald Eagles from Alaska to reestablish them here, took 30 years or so). In the last couple of years the sightings of “resident” Bald Eagles have been going UP. I see one every couple of weeks or so as I “commute” along the lake shore. Hopefully we can avoid placing “bird Cuisinart’s” along the shore to wipe them out once again.
Nature is sure a whole lot smarter than we are, and it doesn’t need a computer model to “make things right”.
Cheers, Kevin
Excellent post, Kevin …
I can tell by your writings that you are, like I, a conservationist. That’s another word for environmentalist, except without the statist agenda.
Hang in ….
And here I was thinking that conservatonists were just good ole countryboy outdoor lovers with a good dose of common sense, while enviromentalists were just city slickers who wouldn’t know the ‘environment’ if it bit them on the a$$…
+1
Great definition.
LoL. +2
So is it fair to say that in your opinion invasive species like Sea Lamphreys and Asian Carp haven’t taken the toll on the indigenous fish species that we have been led to believe?
Rah, I did not say everything was exactly as it was hundreds of years ago. Yes the invasives have changed things. The Zebra mussel has helped clean up the water. The lakes are not pristine, but they are a lot better then 40-50 years ago.
First off I wasn’t questioning your assessment, just asking your opinion to gain some knowledge.
Those Zebra mussels are hell on outboard motors though if one doesn’t make sure to lift them out of the water when docked for any extended period. Clog the inlets. We deal with them on our lakes here in Northern Indiana. I used to try and clean them off the hull and pontoons of our boats at the end of the season. I learned though that it was easier to let them stay on during the winter and then power wash them off in the spring. They come off much easier after a winter of sitting high a dry. A good strong power washer is still needed though to really get it all off. Follow that with a good coat of wax and it slows accumulation down over the summer.
You do know you can get a bunch of federal tax breaks and subsidies if you want to put in a wind farm to get rid of those eagles.</sarc>
I’m just north of Milwaukee and 5 miles from the lake. Very cold winter and very chilly summer. Hasn’t hit 90°F so far, and doesn’t look like it’s going to.
At least some folks north of you got some good news (was email I got recently):
Ole & Lena
Government surveyors came to Ole’s farm in the fall and asked if they could do some surveying. Ole agreed, and Lena even served them a nice meal at noon time.
The next spring, the two surveyors stopped by and told Ole, “Because you were so kind to us, we wanted to give you this bad news in person instead of by letter.”
Ole replied, “What’s the bad news?”
The surveyors stated, “Well, after our work here, we discovered your farm is not in Minnesota but is actually in Wisconsin!”
Ole looked at Lena and said, “That’s the best news I have heard in a long time! I just told Lena this morning that I don’t think I can take another winter in Minnesota.”
Funny!
Overheard in a Wisconsin church: “Praise be to cheeses!”
I live in the Georgian Bay Area,part of Lake Huron and while water levels have started to slowly come back,they are no where near the levels 35-45 years ago in my Youth.
Peace Y