Weather & hazards
The Fairport Harbor salt mine is flooded — but a geologist says don't panic about Lake Erie
Road salt bound for Chicago is loaded onto cars of The Grand River Railway at the Fairport Mine on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer
Thomas Ondrey
Lake Erie likely did not cause water intrusion in the Fairport Harbor salt mine, suggesting an injection well may be the source, writes Gordon Landefeld, a former geologist from Cleveland Heights, in a letter to the editor.