#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
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Personally, I think it's foolish to build anything (other than a lighthouse) next to the water, but FEMA's policy is ridiculous! And polluting!
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. #FEMA gives them no other option
By Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman
September 17, 20265:00 AM ETExcerpt: "FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
" 'The homeowner is incentivized to wait for collapse and get a payout,' says John Ryan-Henry, a policy analyst at the Coastal States Organization, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of #coastal state governments, including those along the #GreatLakes.
"And when homes collapse, they pollute the water and leave wreckage on the shore."
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes-collapse-ocean-climate-north-carolina-maine?
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Personally, I think it's foolish to build anything (other than a lighthouse) next to the water, but FEMA's policy is ridiculous! And polluting!
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. #FEMA gives them no other option
By Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman
September 17, 20265:00 AM ETExcerpt: "FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
" 'The homeowner is incentivized to wait for collapse and get a payout,' says John Ryan-Henry, a policy analyst at the Coastal States Organization, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of #coastal state governments, including those along the #GreatLakes.
"And when homes collapse, they pollute the water and leave wreckage on the shore."
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes-collapse-ocean-climate-north-carolina-maine?
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Personally, I think it's foolish to build anything (other than a lighthouse) next to the water, but FEMA's policy is ridiculous! And polluting!
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. #FEMA gives them no other option
By Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman
September 17, 20265:00 AM ETExcerpt: "FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
" 'The homeowner is incentivized to wait for collapse and get a payout,' says John Ryan-Henry, a policy analyst at the Coastal States Organization, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of #coastal state governments, including those along the #GreatLakes.
"And when homes collapse, they pollute the water and leave wreckage on the shore."
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes-collapse-ocean-climate-north-carolina-maine?
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Personally, I think it's foolish to build anything (other than a lighthouse) next to the water, but FEMA's policy is ridiculous! And polluting!
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. #FEMA gives them no other option
By Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman
September 17, 20265:00 AM ETExcerpt: "FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
" 'The homeowner is incentivized to wait for collapse and get a payout,' says John Ryan-Henry, a policy analyst at the Coastal States Organization, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of #coastal state governments, including those along the #GreatLakes.
"And when homes collapse, they pollute the water and leave wreckage on the shore."
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes-collapse-ocean-climate-north-carolina-maine?
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Personally, I think it's foolish to build anything (other than a lighthouse) next to the water, but FEMA's policy is ridiculous! And polluting!
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. #FEMA gives them no other option
By Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman
September 17, 20265:00 AM ETExcerpt: "FEMA provides most residential flood insurance in the United States. The agency will pay homeowners after a house collapses, but not before. That means owners stand to lose tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by tearing down a doomed house before the ocean takes it.
" 'The homeowner is incentivized to wait for collapse and get a payout,' says John Ryan-Henry, a policy analyst at the Coastal States Organization, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of #coastal state governments, including those along the #GreatLakes.
"And when homes collapse, they pollute the water and leave wreckage on the shore."
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5844642/fema-homes-collapse-ocean-climate-north-carolina-maine?
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🐟 NEW: Recent long-term tracking #research indicates that lake #sturgeon in the #GreatLakes may reach ages exceeding 400 years.
By using capture-mark-recapture #data across decades, fishery biologists updated growth rate models for these #ancient cartilaginous #fish, showing lifespans nearly three times longer than previous estimates and rivaling some of the longest-living #vertebrates on Earth.
#lakesturgeon #freshwater #biology #science #ecology #nature #animals #wildlife #conservation #history
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The St. Lawrence Seaway closes for a few months in the winter but shipping on the upper Great Lakes continues and the port in Montreal is kept open to Atlantic ships. The #CCGS will assist hundreds of ships as well as keep ice moving in the current to prevent ice jams and flooding. The CCGS and USCG share responsibilities in keeping maritime traffic moving.
#GreatLakes Icebreaking
Part 1: https://youtu.be/GgoNkyCi3bw
Part 2: https://youtu.be/y7M9qZpjph0
Part 3: https://youtu.be/2II7Wz-NysI
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Like an ocean - Lake Erie... 🌊
9 years ago... 🗓️#Photography #Photograph #Photo #meerMittwoch #seaWednesday #LakeErie #GreatLakes #CedarPoint
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Like an ocean - Lake Erie... 🌊
9 years ago... 🗓️#Photography #Photograph #Photo #meerMittwoch #seaWednesday #LakeErie #GreatLakes #CedarPoint
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Like an ocean - Lake Erie... 🌊
9 years ago... 🗓️#Photography #Photograph #Photo #meerMittwoch #seaWednesday #LakeErie #GreatLakes #CedarPoint
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Like an ocean - Lake Erie... 🌊
9 years ago... 🗓️#Photography #Photograph #Photo #meerMittwoch #seaWednesday #LakeErie #GreatLakes #CedarPoint
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Like an ocean - Lake Erie... 🌊
9 years ago... 🗓️#Photography #Photograph #Photo #meerMittwoch #seaWednesday #LakeErie #GreatLakes #CedarPoint
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Damn if that Grand Haven lighthouse doesn’t make for some pretty shots: sunset in Grand Haven, 11 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Damn if that Grand Haven lighthouse doesn’t make for some pretty shots: sunset in Grand Haven, 11 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Damn if that Grand Haven lighthouse doesn’t make for some pretty shots: sunset in Grand Haven, 11 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Damn if that Grand Haven lighthouse doesn’t make for some pretty shots: sunset in Grand Haven, 11 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Damn if that Grand Haven lighthouse doesn’t make for some pretty shots: sunset in Grand Haven, 11 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan -
With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#DestinationDuluth -
With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#DestinationDuluth -
With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#DestinationDuluth -
With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#DestinationDuluth -
With the North Pier Light in the foreground, the Michipicoten arrives in Duluth the morning of 29 August, 2019. Photo by Jane Herrick.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#DestinationDuluth -
On my bucket list.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“An aerial look at Porphyry Point Light Station, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. The site is managed by the non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS). CLLS is involved in the restoration, preservation, maintenance and promotion of lighthouses on the north shore. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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On my bucket list.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“An aerial look at Porphyry Point Light Station, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. The site is managed by the non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS). CLLS is involved in the restoration, preservation, maintenance and promotion of lighthouses on the north shore. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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On my bucket list.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“An aerial look at Porphyry Point Light Station, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. The site is managed by the non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS). CLLS is involved in the restoration, preservation, maintenance and promotion of lighthouses on the north shore. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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On my bucket list.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“An aerial look at Porphyry Point Light Station, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. The site is managed by the non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS). CLLS is involved in the restoration, preservation, maintenance and promotion of lighthouses on the north shore. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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On my bucket list.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“An aerial look at Porphyry Point Light Station, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. The site is managed by the non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS). CLLS is involved in the restoration, preservation, maintenance and promotion of lighthouses on the north shore. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior -
Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior -
Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior -
Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior -
Registered in Antigua and Bermuda and sailing past the Duluth shipping channel’s North Pier Lighthouse, the saltie BBC Dubai makes a morning arrival, 10 August, 2026. Photo by Stephanie Irwin.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior -
Happy National Lighthouse Day; under the stars of the Milky Way at Michigan’s Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum, July, 2026. Photo by Kerry Fox.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#NationalLighthouseDay -
Happy National Lighthouse Day; under the stars of the Milky Way at Michigan’s Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum, July, 2026. Photo by Kerry Fox.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#NationalLighthouseDay -
Happy National Lighthouse Day; under the stars of the Milky Way at Michigan’s Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum, July, 2026. Photo by Kerry Fox.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#NationalLighthouseDay -
Happy National Lighthouse Day; under the stars of the Milky Way at Michigan’s Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum, July, 2026. Photo by Kerry Fox.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#NationalLighthouseDay -
Happy National Lighthouse Day; under the stars of the Milky Way at Michigan’s Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse Museum, July, 2026. Photo by Kerry Fox.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
#NationalLighthouseDay -
Among my options for shenanigans here in the Duluth area today: checking out Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, about 30 minutes away. Photos by Hayes Scriven.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#NationalLighthouseDay“Happy National Lighthouse Day to everyone who appreciates these incredible beacons of history, resilience, and beauty.” - Split Rock Lighthouse manager Hayes Scriven
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Among my options for shenanigans here in the Duluth area today: checking out Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, about 30 minutes away. Photos by Hayes Scriven.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#NationalLighthouseDay“Happy National Lighthouse Day to everyone who appreciates these incredible beacons of history, resilience, and beauty.” - Split Rock Lighthouse manager Hayes Scriven
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Among my options for shenanigans here in the Duluth area today: checking out Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, about 30 minutes away. Photos by Hayes Scriven.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#NationalLighthouseDay“Happy National Lighthouse Day to everyone who appreciates these incredible beacons of history, resilience, and beauty.” - Split Rock Lighthouse manager Hayes Scriven