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pooky
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help me understand
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1/10/2009 9:34:08 AM
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This I know. Up river you have the city of Gadsden with a large business community with more political power than us lake people. The corp or Alabama Power will never let the water cause any damage in the Gadsden area but to heck with us. Then down river you have the paper mill, the city of Childersburg, the Alabama Power steam plant at Wilsonville. Now is the picture becoming a little clearer. Others please correct me if I am misinformed on the matter.
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MovinFr8
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You understand Correctly
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1/10/2009 12:54:32 PM
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We have problems with high and low waters and always seem to get the raw end of the deal. But you know I bet each lake above, below or Smith or Martin all have their own set of gripes. No matter how bad we have it it can always be worse.
I am happy with the choice we made a few years back and while I do feel we get cheated here and there with our water levels.
There is no rime or reason to what APCO does to us on our lake and I would bet there will be no chaange anytime soon.
Pooky, glad you spoke up, I am sure you have seen us griping and discussing our fondness of the APCO in summers past......
Hope to see you out this summer.
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RatherBeSkiing
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You understand Correctly
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1/10/2009 2:05:46 PM
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Periodic flooding has been a problem at Logan Martin for YEARS. My family bought our first house in the mid 60's. As I said before when my dad built our second house he asked about the highest levels before he built the boathouse. Flooding in years past had floated boats that were in boathouses on the water - into the ceiling and then sunk them. He built the boathouse out of water for that reason. You know about the possibility of flooding and try to plan around it. It's why the top of our dock has removable sections. When it floods we take the pieces off and pull them to higher ground (if we remember and can get there in time). When our dock was all nailed together and it flooded - the wave action tore the top off which tore the foundation all to pieces. Without the top on it the water just washes through it with little damage. After 2 floods our first pier was pretty well destroyed and we bulit the one we have now (early 80's). Of course, now - y'all have these really cool floating piers...
Anyway - I'm not saying it's right that our lake floods and others don't but it's certainly not a new phenomenon.
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skiantique
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You understand Correctly
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1/10/2009 6:18:59 PM
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So much for getting our winter levels up to anywhere near full pool in the near future. This will be the event they point to as an example as to why they "have to" drop us 5 feet down every winter.
chris
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midagefeller
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help me understand
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1/11/2009 7:05:38 AM
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Having had a place on the Logan Martin since 1990 Ive had opportunity to listen in to many conversations with folks who have been there longer than us. The way its been explained to me is that due to the surrounding terrain Logan Martin serves better as the main flood control lake on the Coosa chain.
Jordan and Mitchell are much smaller than Logan Martin thereby those lakes, although on occasion do assist in holding some water , cant be utilized nearly as well as Logan.
The terrain around Lay in many places and the fact that the steam plant at Wilsonville causes it to be almost useless for holding much water else the flooding of commercial and resedential properties be overwhelming.
Upstream, Water held thtere too high could flood a major city. Not good.
So we seem to be located on the most practical place for the power company,under orders and advice from the corps to hold water higher than the other lakes.
We KNOW this will happen and should each year be prepared to protect life and property in the event that Mother Nature offers up her surprises.
Honestly, it seems that each time its done this the fishing was better the following spring .
The drought is another thing entirely. I asked something about that and was given ,by someone here,, Ive forgotten who,the explaination of runs of river and lakes,,,, Ive yet to understand it but have accepted it.
One other thing,, I assisted my Brother who lives on the lake build his home there and if memory serves me correctly he contacted the Power co. and they shot elevations on his lot where their easement is and informed him that anything above that level that ever got flooded would be the Power Company's responsibility to replace or repair.
Lets face it, everything we enjoy on Logan Martin , The lake itself, the piers and boathouses we have there are all sitting in or on someone elses property if constructed inside the lake's easement..
Be safe and heres wishing you all a Good and Happy New Year.
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