“Increased snowfall this season in the region owes in part to low ice coverage on the Great Lakes, as moisture continues to feed precipitation, Guy said. The lakes this week are 9% covered in ice, compared with a typical 42% average coverage, he said. That's the lowest on record since 1973.”

and the lack of ice is already eroding the shoreline in some lakeside communities like Geneva on the Lake. Was up there about a week ago and saw parts of the sidewalk in the township park had fallen right into the lake.

article not too long ago about a house that was sliding into the lake because of erosion- they finally demolished it but the homeowners went through a big battle with their insurance company.

The small beach has disappeared.

They would go On-a-tear-e-o across the waters



(got nothing Michigan)

at first felt almost surreal when we approached this vast sea and found it almost level with the road. We're not from up there, obviously, and like a dummy it took me a moment to remember there were no ocean tides and then another to remember the Great Lakes levels were rising with ice melt. A feeling of insecurity at driving along barely above a mercifully calm sea stayed, though.

We saw lots of what until now were wonderful places to live, or at least summer, in; some already ruined, a couple with sandbag walls around, many others still nice but obviously on borrowed time.

20 ft. waves sin SoCal would attract many of them.

Long Beach, New Buffalo, etc,. up through Saugatuck. I mean, they're not ocean waves, but you can ride one for a l'il while. They have kids surf camps in New Buffalo.

There's a Third Coast Surf Shop in New Buffalo.

are more in the middle of the lake.

Plus it's gotta be as cold as heck out there this time of the year!