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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 97485" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>Yes, and the liberals whine about global warming. Through many means we can look back in history and it tells us how variable "normal" can be. Likewise Devils Lake fluctuates. I remember watching the national guard do tank maneuvers where there is now East Devils Lake. The current rise is abnormal and caused more by drainage than natural causes. I may get the year wrong again, but I think it was 1977 that the Wildlife Society warned about flooding with the introduction of channel A into Devils Lake. I hear people tell me little wetlands can't flood Devils Lake. I tell them I can make a five gallon bucket run over if I dump enough teaspoons of water in it. Then people tell me the wetlands north of Devils Lake are full. Well, the ones that are still wetlands are full the others may be appearing as nearly flat land with no water. When wetlands are drained you increase the watershed area. It's like a 1000 sq ft house and a 50 gallon rain barrel. If a half inch rain fills the barrel and you put an addition onto your house of 1000 sq ft the next half inch rain will run that barrel over. </p><p>I run some rough measurements on Channel A while fishing one day in June. That data told me there was more water coming down Channel A at that time than the Sheyenne River. One fellow on nodakoutdoors went bonkers with that statement. Shortly after a fellow by the name of Hardwaterman posted the water flows. Sure enough Channel A was dumping more water into Devils Lake than the Sheyenne River flow. Something has to give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 97485, member: 704"] Yes, and the liberals whine about global warming. Through many means we can look back in history and it tells us how variable "normal" can be. Likewise Devils Lake fluctuates. I remember watching the national guard do tank maneuvers where there is now East Devils Lake. The current rise is abnormal and caused more by drainage than natural causes. I may get the year wrong again, but I think it was 1977 that the Wildlife Society warned about flooding with the introduction of channel A into Devils Lake. I hear people tell me little wetlands can't flood Devils Lake. I tell them I can make a five gallon bucket run over if I dump enough teaspoons of water in it. Then people tell me the wetlands north of Devils Lake are full. Well, the ones that are still wetlands are full the others may be appearing as nearly flat land with no water. When wetlands are drained you increase the watershed area. It's like a 1000 sq ft house and a 50 gallon rain barrel. If a half inch rain fills the barrel and you put an addition onto your house of 1000 sq ft the next half inch rain will run that barrel over. I run some rough measurements on Channel A while fishing one day in June. That data told me there was more water coming down Channel A at that time than the Sheyenne River. One fellow on nodakoutdoors went bonkers with that statement. Shortly after a fellow by the name of Hardwaterman posted the water flows. Sure enough Channel A was dumping more water into Devils Lake than the Sheyenne River flow. Something has to give. [/QUOTE]
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