Lake Michigan flood barriers to be installed along select beaches starting Thursday night or Friday

Hundreds of yards of jersey barriers will be installed along the lakefront in September to mitigate flooding at eight locations, the Chicago Department of Transportation said. The installation is expected to begin Thursday night or Friday.

Record high water levels in Lake Michigan have drastically raised the potential for flooding. While Wednesday was the perfect day for a September swim, if you wanted to sunbathe in Rogers Park you had to pick a spot on the grass, as high lake levels and erosion have wiped out the sand.

Too bad climate modelling didn’t predict that part of the world will have increased precipitation as the Earth’s surface warms…. oh wait…. they did.