For 10-20 years now, the Great Lakes have been low. Part of that, I think, is Chicago draining water out of the south end of Lake Michigan, rather than let it flow north and all through the system. Additionally, tales of "dry weather", drought, etc. have been bandied about.
A recent snow storm dropped 5-6" of snow all over the Great Lakes area, and that's a helluva lot of water. On an average (averages are made of from extremes), 10" of snow yields an inch of water. Kind of snow is a variable there, of course. So, 0.6" of water over that many square miles is a lot of acre/feet of water (an acre of water, 1" deep). It may help raise a Great Lake a bit, but mainly it will help corn farmers, I expect.
Corn has many uses. One of which is alcohol in our gasoline. That is a foolish process because it takes more energy to raise a gallon of corn based alcohol than it produces back. Another use is gree-itz. My opinion of those are already well known. Another use for corn is to produce alcohol in a bottle. My opinion of THAT is also well known.
So, maybe 12-15 years from now, I'll get a chance to sip some of this snow in a much tastier way than merely going out and scooping up a handful. Except, it snowed on Michigan, and single malt scotch is made in Scotland. Maybe I need to start shipping water overseas. Piper San warned me that, "It's hard work, being a drunk!" sigh
A recent snow storm dropped 5-6" of snow all over the Great Lakes area, and that's a helluva lot of water. On an average (averages are made of from extremes), 10" of snow yields an inch of water. Kind of snow is a variable there, of course. So, 0.6" of water over that many square miles is a lot of acre/feet of water (an acre of water, 1" deep). It may help raise a Great Lake a bit, but mainly it will help corn farmers, I expect.
Corn has many uses. One of which is alcohol in our gasoline. That is a foolish process because it takes more energy to raise a gallon of corn based alcohol than it produces back. Another use is gree-itz. My opinion of those are already well known. Another use for corn is to produce alcohol in a bottle. My opinion of THAT is also well known.
So, maybe 12-15 years from now, I'll get a chance to sip some of this snow in a much tastier way than merely going out and scooping up a handful. Except, it snowed on Michigan, and single malt scotch is made in Scotland. Maybe I need to start shipping water overseas. Piper San warned me that, "It's hard work, being a drunk!" sigh