by Guest » February 4, 2021, 2:31 pm
Guest wrote:As of 1400 the tug Michigan/barge Great Lakes are currently downbound above Willow Pt.. Funny how the ice breakers are exceeding the 12 mph speed limit trying to flush the ice downriver. Next the locals will have dock damage. Just can’t win.
I lived in that area for over 25 years and I guess my opinion is that anyone who has lived there longterm knows what happens nearly every year with flooding and the destruction of docks. Realistically, the St. Clair Flats area and the lower section of the St. Clair River is prone to flooding through the course of natural elements. The annual movement of ice down the river will often tear docks up whether it causes flooding or not. I can tell you from experience the locals are never happy one way or the other.
When information wasn't as readily available as it is today in the form of old news stories and flood maps it was very easy for someone new to the area to buy a home that was susceptible to flooding. For example, I lived there through the 1984 ice jam and flooding and was surprised around 5 or 6 years later when I was talking to a fellow employee that was in the process of buying a home on one of the canals. This individual had lived in Novi for her entire life up to that point. I asked her if she knew about the 1984 flood and the chances of flooding on annual basis in the Algonac area. Her reply was that she had no idea of this risk and although the relator and seller of the home did their best to downplay the issue she did not buy the home.
[quote="Guest"]As of 1400 the tug Michigan/barge Great Lakes are currently downbound above Willow Pt.. Funny how the ice breakers are exceeding the 12 mph speed limit trying to flush the ice downriver. Next the locals will have dock damage. Just can’t win.[/quote]
I lived in that area for over 25 years and I guess my opinion is that anyone who has lived there longterm knows what happens nearly every year with flooding and the destruction of docks. Realistically, the St. Clair Flats area and the lower section of the St. Clair River is prone to flooding through the course of natural elements. The annual movement of ice down the river will often tear docks up whether it causes flooding or not. I can tell you from experience the locals are never happy one way or the other.
When information wasn't as readily available as it is today in the form of old news stories and flood maps it was very easy for someone new to the area to buy a home that was susceptible to flooding. For example, I lived there through the 1984 ice jam and flooding and was surprised around 5 or 6 years later when I was talking to a fellow employee that was in the process of buying a home on one of the canals. This individual had lived in Novi for her entire life up to that point. I asked her if she knew about the 1984 flood and the chances of flooding on annual basis in the Algonac area. Her reply was that she had no idea of this risk and although the relator and seller of the home did their best to downplay the issue she did not buy the home.