this article was simply an interesting statement of facts until i hit this:

The fund takes in $1.6 billion a year, but only spends $800 million a year nationside (sic), Nevkasil said.

"The money is there," he said. "They just need to use it."

that just pisses me off.

Problem is that dredging won't raise water levels, which is the real issue.

oh i realize that. but it would delay the problem, and it is FUNDED.

A deeper mud pit, eh?

oskar576 wrote:

Problem is that dredging won't raise water levels, which is the real issue.

I dunno. If they dig deep enough, maybe they will hit water.

i am a practical fellow. we do what we can, until we can't.

This is a fairly regular [not often, but recurring] occurrence with Lake Michigan ~ coupled with the opposite fears when waters are too high ~ high water is a bigger problem for those of us who live on the lakefront ~

Sooz