Great Lakes gain mind-boggling amount of water in last 12 days [Video]

The Great Lakes’ water levels are rising. The entire Great Lakes system has gained an incredible amount of water just in the first 12 days of April.

Recent wet weather, combined with the seasonal lake level rise due to earlier snowmelt, are causing the Great lakes to rise.

Listen to these numbers – the amount of water each Great Lake has added since April 1.

Lake Superior has risen 0.96″. According to Keith Kompoltowitz at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a one-inch rise in Lake Superior corresponds to 550 billion gallons of water.

Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are the same lake for water level purposes, since they are connected at the Straits of Mackinac. Lake Michigan/Lake Huron has risen 3.2″ in the past 12 days. With that rise in water levels, 2.5 trillion gallons have been added to those two lakes.

Lake Erie is up 3.7″ since April …