Umm. At your " increased water levels" i was going to ask if your place was safe. You answered it.
Aside: Guessing you know Lake Michigan is called a sea, by some, thanks to the St. Lawrence Seaway.
You're actually sitting on the largest surface water system on earth.
Could you/ do you swim much there? Fish?
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”