CO2 smashing extreme weather records, page-4334

Well aatisket, the scientists most definitely did not say "the great lakes were about to dry to a trickle". So you are arguing a straw man.

I suggest you reread the article you posted, carefully, including the quote from it that I posted above.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-great-lakes-go-dry-how-one-fifth-of-the-worlds-fresh-water-is-dwindling-away-e9efe2c72891/

The scientists were not wrong. And are not wrong.

I like your username. But you'll find that the other one liners you've put forward are equally mistaken or misleading.