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Article: Lake Michigan could use a fillup about now
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 28, 2001
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Snow-starved Lake Michigan has that sinking feeling.
The lake could even reach its record low by summer, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers warned Tuesday.
That has sailors, marina operators and commercial shippers praying
for precipitation.
"Our marina was built for average lake levels," said Mary Walker,
harbormaster at Waukegan Harbor. "If our locks and marina become
inaccessible, it hurts the bottom line."
For Lake Michigan to rise appreciably, Lake Superior-which feeds
the entire Great Lakes system-needs a lot more snow than it has
gotten so far, corps officials said.
Some heavy snow hit Wisconsin, but when it melts most of the water
will head for the Mississippi River watershed, corps ...