Gang Aft Aglee
Bobbie Burns, the poet, tells us that the best laid plans a mice and man gang aft aglee. That is, often go astray. So it is with the dredging of the St. Clair River, the main outflow for Lakes Michigan and Huron. Due to this, the average loss from the lakes has been 845 Million gallons PER DAY. The flow, however, has eroded the river bed and the loss is now a lot. What's a lot? Well, how does 2.5 Billion Gallons of water PER DAY grab you.
Bobbie Burns, the poet, tells us that the best laid plans a mice and man gang aft aglee. That is, often go astray. So it is with the dredging of the St. Clair River, the main outflow for Lakes Michigan and Huron. Due to this, the average loss from the lakes has been 845 Million gallons PER DAY. The flow, however, has eroded the river bed and the loss is now a lot. What's a lot? Well, how does 2.5 Billion Gallons of water PER DAY grab you. Oh well, it makes for a nice Niagara falls...which, I understand, is also receding at an increased risk.
Paddle safe...
DS
3 comments:
So maybe I should paddle the upper great lakes sooner rather than later... although if I wait, I could circumnavigate in a weekend rather than the months it now takes! Choices, choices, choices.
Once again, government moves with the glacial speed for which it is famous.And once again they exercise their famous triage ability, where they carefully identify the most pressing problems and deal with them first.
I don't know. Sounds like they moved right along on dredging out that river. I hear your frustration. Time to write to someone?
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