> From: Ekcine <ekcine@comcast.net> > Subject: TWGL: lake levels > US Army Corps of Engineers website is projecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan (actually one body of water for level purposes) will be down about 10" from last summer. Last summer was up relative to 2001. This might be the lowest year since the 1960's. However mariners should note that their lake charts are based on mean low water datum. There is deep water available but marginal areas are definitely going to be just that. > Ed It hardly seems possible than anywhere on God's green earth there is a lack of water. We are having pretty much an average of an inch of rain a day (sometimes 4", but then we'll have three days of mostly cloudy . . .) and this has been going on for, let's see, about 40 days and 40 nights? Pretty close I think. Here in Maryland we have started to build Arks. (I thought we were the only ones, but it turns out there's an Ark going up on just about every corner, so there's room for all.) Those carrying picnic baskets with bottles of wine poking out the top will get first dibs. Call 1-800-THE-ARK! Those of you traveling on the Chesapeake Bay by boat please be careful of debris. On the other hand this may be the first season in several where there's enough fresh water to keep the nettles at bay for a month or two so swimming may just be possible! Peggy & Hans Bjarno "Aqua Vitae" 1986 Albin 43' Kent Narrows, MD