Well that was quick. Just back in January the water levels in Lake Michigan were nearing an all-time low. Now, mainly because of the large rainstorms that caused flooding havoc in the area, our main weatherman Tom Skilling is reporting that the lake is now 8 inches above where it was last year at this time. While that might not seem like much, because of the lake's size that adds up to a staggering 3.1 trillion gallons of water. Chicago uses approximately 1 billion gallons of water per day. more ›