Deep water is a luxury for some of us. On the Chesapeake the 18 inch tide makes a difference in lots of places.
Joel On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Rich Knowles <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't understand all the flap over water levels. Ours goes up and down > over 6' every few hours. Up to 40' on the Bay of Fundy. No sweat. > > Rich Knowles > Indigo - C&C LF38 > Halifax - Nova Scotia > > > On 2012-10-03, at 16:14, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't see much lake effect snow on Superior, as we're upwind of > everything... > > -- Fred > > On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:12 PM, "Neil Andersen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have heard that there is a call for a greater than usual volume of Lake > effect snowfall this year due to the higher than usual Lake temperature…** > ** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Frederick G Street > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Great Lakes Water Levels**** > > ** ** > > Speaking just for Lake Superior, we're in a drought situation here right > now, so inflow is much reduced; but the biggest culprit seems to be the > warmer than usual winters, which lead to significantly reduced ice cover, > which in turn leads to greatly increased evaporation.**** > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V *Oceanis* (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(* > *** > > ** ** > > On Oct 3, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Robert Mazza wrote:**** > > > > **** > > 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. **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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