Weren't they blaming low water on climate whatever just a few years ago?----High water levels in Michigan show potential cost of climate change

Another "news article", not an opinion column. Settled Journalism?
High water levels in Michigan show potential cost of climate change:
"Anyone who doubts that climate change could deliver a nasty shock to Michigan's economy need only take a stroll along the Detroit riverfront these days.
Not that we can blame coastal flooding from spring rains and record high water levels in the Great Lakes on climate change. (Huh?)
As the Free Press has reported, even the experts disagree on that question.
And everyone would agree that the worst impacts of climate change remain well into the future.
But the kind of problems we're seeing now because of  high lake levels and abundant spring rainfall give a hint to what Michigan will endure from full-blown climate change one day..."
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