we’ve been getting a lot of rain around the great lakes region lately, which has been raising the lake levels. this is big news around these parts because the lake levels have been dropping steadily over the years, which has a dramatic impact on shipping and tourism.

according to our local news the other night the lakes are up 3 inches in the past week, 8 inches in the past month and 11 inches over the same time last year. astoundingly, the news anchor stated that 380 billion gallons of water are required to raise the lakes each inch.

of course, if it’s on the local news, it must be true.