"For a while now we’re heard that the steadily dropping level of the Great Lakes is yet another sign of—wait for it now—global warming . . . er, climate change . . . er, climate “disruption,” or whatever we’re supposed to call it this week. The hotlink to “Great Lakes drop” on The Warmlist has gone dead, and by the way, is there still some snow and ice in the Great Lakes here at the end of June? There still was in mid-June, and that ought to be embarrassment enough for the Climatistas, if they were capable of shame and embarrassment.
Anyway, the New York Times reports today that Great Lakes levels are suddenly rising, much to the surprise of scientists:
But after reaching historic lows in 2013, water levels in the Great Lakes are now abruptly on the rise, a development that has startled scientists and thrilled just about everybody with a stake in the waterfront, including owners of beach houses, retailers in tourist areas and dockmasters who run marinas on the lakeshore.
Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior are at least a foot higher than they were a year ago, and are expected to rise three more inches over the next month. Lake Ontario and Lake Erie are seven to nine inches higher than a year ago.
Wait—”a development that has startled scientists”?? I thought they had the whole matter settled, darn it. "...
No one is very good at predicting the future, even science. I am sure the AGW models from 20 years ago are as busted as my soccer brackets. And even if the non-AGW crowd is right and the Earth is cooling, they don't know how long it will last and how severe it will be.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
