European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine the great lakes Fel a  Teo Yston ntion4l geographic a House in South Haven mich., teeters on a atom eroded butt overtake Michigan. North America s seas Are filled to the brim National geographic Heli Lulkin once could see Beach behind her Chicago Condo but now it s gone a Viscum of Lake Michigan Waves that sometimes slap her building s filth floor we Ore no longer on the Shoreline inc says. We Are the Shoreline " other residents along the Goat lakes arc pay Iolj a heavy Price Lor the delights of Lakeside tying beaches Back Yards roads seawalls and Homes Aie disa Ppck Dicj do you know what s Down in the take asks Moora asset of St. Joseph. Mich the tool of my House. Smus a stove Beds i d never go Back on the Lake i Don i think people belong on the Shorette any More North America s fresh wafer seas Are fixed to Trie bum four of them Superior. Michigan Huron and ene recently reached their High Cal recorded Levels in this Century. Ontario Loc nut it says flank Quinn. Head of the take hydrology group cd the Garcal    Ong Way to hunk of inc  Quinn suggest a. I  Samos of Bol Hii ib5 Tilin if j with precipitation ground a her inflow and surface drainage from surrounding watersheds each Ball Luli. Irom Superior town Ticino in. Sower Ihan the next channels conned ,1 Toni Thuy arc so narrow Hal outflow is slow for instance a Complete Exchange of Waler in supeno would take 200  this moans Hal when Iho lakes Art full ind  Tho Waler is not Chomg my a hero anytime soon everybody thinks Ihorn  Liny you can pull but there s not says Ouinn another reason for Iho changing lakes in Somol Iraj called isostatic re hound " thee Fly Sci risk Llis rebounding Arnm Iho Wen jul of the last ice age s glaciers although this upward thrust is Only a few inches a Cen Lucy it has the of Eccl of Lillini a pan of Waler downward toward the South As Iha outlet channels of i Chiron Cue and Ontario arc filled upward More rapidly than their soul hem shores Man made structures mortify face Levels somewhat for instance Iho Long Lac and Ogoki diversions bring Waler irom Canada s James Bay watershed into Lake Superior while the Chicago diversion removes water irom Lake Michigan via Ihn Illinois River. A 1985 study by inc International joint commission a  body created by a 1909 treaty concluded thai changes in set Slang diversions would lower the upper Garcal lakes less irian a fool Erie would drop nearly Hall a fool. Last november a preliminary report by the commission said that High Waler Levels pose a Threa i of a possible  the report called for improving warning programs and Grealer coordination of if oof con Raf efforts. But some along the great lakes say they find Lille commom in Reading commission reports while waiting or the next storm to Striko. Two years ago homeowners convinced thai More could be done and rejecting blame Lor building near Shore organized a coalition to persuade officials of pull the plugs that Jel Waler out and turn off the faucets Hal Tel it in. Coalition co founder Cliff Sasfy wants officials to Lum of the Long Lac and Ogoki diversions which pour an average of 5,600 cubic feet of water a second into Superior. He also wants outflow through the Chicago diversion increased. But there Are other political considerations besides those of homeowners. Because the Long Lac and Ogoki diversions produce cheap hydroelectric Power. Few canadians want them closed. Meanwhile Farmers in downscale Illinois fearing hoods want no increased now through the Chicago diversion. What we need is a total management program or the great lakes says Sasfy whose Lasalle Mich Home is scarred with watermarks Hal appear Afler every flood. Total mini Gimant of the lakes would require massive engineering new locks channels and dredging in addition to the project s huge Cost its Environ mental Impact could to grave. Ouinn s conclusion the ability of Man to control fake Levels is  Curtis Larsen of the u s geological Survey also suggests that the great lakes May have the final Woid he has challenged the Long held View Hal take Levels Rise and All within a two fool Range above and below historic averages. Larsen says that Tor a Cen Iury Tho lakes have been it a my Temi Tow and arc returning to More Normal Levels possibly five feet higher " the trend is upward he adds. I m talking of centuries " if Lar on is Correct. Cobb writes. Inc worst May suit lie ahead. Parts of downtown Chicago could be eng Llod by Lake Michigan sections of other Olies w Ould Hae to be abandoned the stars and stripes Page 13