Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of below-normal rain and snowfall and higher temperatures that boost evaporation.
The other Great Lakes — Superior, Erie and Ontario — were also well below average.
...Since the Great Lakes is a major transfer point to cargo's of many kinds, this is an economic hazard.
...This has happened after about 3 decades of above average levels.
...Read more at the news article link below.
http://news.yahoo.com/2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record-233716573.html
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the channel dredging is what caused the faster flow.
I can see te dredging after an extreme storm clogged it all up, or along the ocean, when storrms can easily change where sand flows to.
BUT inland, it just causes faster flow of water.
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