Another dustbowl era? Maybe down there but we've had above average precip
here...California is literally deluged and for the first time is wondering
what you do with all that water...we're 15 inches over average here....and
IIRC...it rained every weekend last summer...

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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katysails wrote:
Yesterday we got 2 inches of snow and then it went up to 36...this
morning there's another inch of the crap and it's doing the freezy rain
thing on top of it and it's Saturday so the County won't make any effort
at all to get rid of it...tomorrow is the first day of Spring...will
someone inform Mother Nature that enough is enough already?

Heh. I would have happily swapped that for Wednesday's sandstorm in the
Cobbler desert followed by Thursday's duststorm at Innamincka.

Problems with allthe "strange weather", no-one has long enough attention
spans. As far as I can tell, watching all the 70-80 y.o. trees die in the
inland creeks, we're entering a weather patern akin to the mid-1930s or
possibly the 1890-1900 disaster years.

Suggest you, DOnal and others do a cast back over the last 100 years or
so, and you'll find parallels.

I issue this post as a public service, before someone starts global
warming. (I for one am happy that human pollution so far appears to be
staving off the next ice age...).

Out sailing in the next few days---finally--with a bit of luck there'll be
autmnal gales to drive everyone else off the Murray Lakes...which in
keeping with both natural drought and man-made river flow reductions,
continue silting up and growing weed in a sort of inland Sargasso...

--
Flying Tadpole

-------------------------
http://music.download.com/timfatchen
http://music.download.com/internetopera
http://www.soundclick.com/flyingtadpolemusic.htm

Lake Huron water levels are up this year, which bodes well for the other
lakes.
Same crappy weather here in SW Ontario as you're getting in Michigan.


"katysails" wrote in message
...
Another dustbowl era? Maybe down there but we've had above average precip
here...California is literally deluged and for the first time is wondering
what you do with all that water...we're 15 inches over average here....and
IIRC...it rained every weekend last summer...

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...


katysails wrote:
Yesterday we got 2 inches of snow and then it went up to 36...this
morning there's another inch of the crap and it's doing the freezy rain
thing on top of it and it's Saturday so the County won't make any
effort
at all to get rid of it...tomorrow is the first day of Spring...will
someone inform Mother Nature that enough is enough already?

Heh. I would have happily swapped that for Wednesday's sandstorm in the
Cobbler desert followed by Thursday's duststorm at Innamincka.

Problems with allthe "strange weather", no-one has long enough attention
spans. As far as I can tell, watching all the 70-80 y.o. trees die in
the
inland creeks, we're entering a weather patern akin to the mid-1930s or
possibly the 1890-1900 disaster years.

Suggest you, DOnal and others do a cast back over the last 100 years or
so, and you'll find parallels.

I issue this post as a public service, before someone starts global
warming. (I for one am happy that human pollution so far appears to be
staving off the next ice age...).

Out sailing in the next few days---finally--with a bit of luck there'll
be
autmnal gales to drive everyone else off the Murray Lakes...which in
keeping with both natural drought and man-made river flow reductions,
continue silting up and growing weed in a sort of inland Sargasso...

--
Flying Tadpole

-------------------------
http://music.download.com/timfatchen
http://music.download.com/internetopera
http://www.soundclick.com/flyingtadpolemusic.htm

Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...
"Steve Thomas" wrote in message
...
Lake Huron water levels are up this year, which bodes well for the other
lakes.
Same crappy weather here in SW Ontario as you're getting in Michigan.


"katysails" wrote in message
...
Another dustbowl era? Maybe down there but we've had above average
precip
here...California is literally deluged and for the first time is
wondering
what you do with all that water...we're 15 inches over average
here....and
IIRC...it rained every weekend last summer...

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...


katysails wrote:
Yesterday we got 2 inches of snow and then it went up to 36...this
morning there's another inch of the crap and it's doing the freezy
rain
thing on top of it and it's Saturday so the County won't make any
effort
at all to get rid of it...tomorrow is the first day of Spring...will
someone inform Mother Nature that enough is enough already?

Heh. I would have happily swapped that for Wednesday's sandstorm in
the
Cobbler desert followed by Thursday's duststorm at Innamincka.

Problems with allthe "strange weather", no-one has long enough
attention
spans. As far as I can tell, watching all the 70-80 y.o. trees die in
the
inland creeks, we're entering a weather patern akin to the mid-1930s or
possibly the 1890-1900 disaster years.

Suggest you, DOnal and others do a cast back over the last 100 years or
so, and you'll find parallels.

I issue this post as a public service, before someone starts global
warming. (I for one am happy that human pollution so far appears to be
staving off the next ice age...).

Out sailing in the next few days---finally--with a bit of luck there'll
be
autmnal gales to drive everyone else off the Murray Lakes...which in
keeping with both natural drought and man-made river flow reductions,
continue silting up and growing weed in a sort of inland Sargasso...

--
Flying Tadpole

-------------------------
http://music.download.com/timfatchen
http://music.download.com/internetopera
http://www.soundclick.com/flyingtadpolemusic.htm

"katysails" wrote in message

Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...

Aw heck, I liked the shoal water. But then I like running aground and being
unable to get into most marinas.

Max

You're supposed to append a : P to that...

"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...

Aw heck, I liked the shoal water. But then I like running aground and
being unable to get into most marinas.

Max

katysails wrote:

Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...

You're still below the long term monthly mean.

Cheers
Marty

But WAAAYYYYY above what it was 4 years ago...

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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katysails wrote:

Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...

You're still below the long term monthly mean.

Cheers
Marty

katysails wrote:
But WAAAYYYYY above what it was 4 years ago...

Check http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/wlgraphs_e.html for a graph, shows you at 176.1 masl as of Feb,
interestingly, or perhaps sadly if you check
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_plugi...isplaymode=sum
you will see that the level for all of March has remained essentially constant, which would lead one to think that you are looking
at a level below the mean for the summer, but probably still above Chart Datum.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...

katysails wrote:


Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder lakes
were all getting a bit short for awhile...

You're still below the long term monthly mean.

Cheers
Marty

Right...4 years ago I believe it was below chart datum...

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
katysails wrote:
But WAAAYYYYY above what it was 4 years ago...

Check http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/wlgraphs_e.html for a graph, shows you
at 176.1 masl as of Feb,
interestingly, or perhaps sadly if you check
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_plugi...isplaymode=sum
you will see that the level for all of March has remained essentially
constant, which would lead one to think that you are looking
at a level below the mean for the summer, but probably still above Chart
Datum.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...

katysails wrote:


Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder
lakes were all getting a bit short for awhile...

You're still below the long term monthly mean.

Cheers
Marty

katysails whined:

Right...4 years ago I believe it was below chart datum...

You hace been reported for top poasting.

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
katysails wrote:
But WAAAYYYYY above what it was 4 years ago...

Check http://chswww.bur.dfo.ca/danp/wlgraphs_e.html for a graph, shows you
at 176.1 masl as of Feb,
interestingly, or perhaps sadly if you check
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_plugi...isplaymode=sum
you will see that the level for all of March has remained essentially
constant, which would lead one to think that you are looking
at a level below the mean for the summer, but probably still above Chart
Datum.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...

katysails wrote:


Yeah, Lake Michigan is way up, which is a relief...not that there was an
actual problem with the big lake since it's so deep, but the feeder
lakes were all getting a bit short for awhile...

You're still below the long term monthly mean.

Cheers
Marty