Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "How Chicago Built an Amazing Lake Shore" video.

  1. As someone who lives in a city on the western shore of Lake Michigan (Kenosha) lakeshore erosion problems are something I know something about. This is a problem that has plagued the Wisconsin and Illinios side of the lake for probably as long as the lake has existed. The currents in Lake Michigan run down the west side to the south. The current moves sand and other things to the south. A lot of the sand gets deposited on the shoreline from the area of the Indiana Dunes a up the Michigan side. You can see the effects of the current in the view douthalong the lakeshore. You can see that the beaches extend a lot farther out alongside the jettie that extend into the lake Pus the amount of lakedhore erosion fluctuates with the fall and rise of the lake level. The level of Lakes Michigan and Huron fluctuates over time based on the amount of percipitation. And like Chicago our lakefront is largely made up of parks, public spaces and beaches*. There's roughly 8 blocks of private homes and a private college. That's the only non public parts. *the beaches like many on LakeMichigan are not the best. One of the things that get deposited along the lakeshore are dead alewives.
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