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Jim120
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Shocked at lake level
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6/28/2008 2:37:39 PM
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As I recall (I could check but hey, I'm at the Lake and therefore too lazy), the highest level this year was reached back in May, and was 489.7/8, and it stayed there for just a day. It hung around 489.5/6 almost all of May and began to drop pretty steadily right around June 1, almost day by day. I check the level online almost every day. It's reported at 488.1 this morning, almost 23 inches below full pool, but it never quite got to theoretical full pool this year -- came close enough, though.
If it stopped dropping where it is now and stayed until mid-August, I'd be plenty happy. But if it drops another 6 inches next week, as appears likely given current trends, it will still be usable and enjoyable but will definitely start to look a bit raggedy as more and more sandy shoreline is exposed. And we'll have 5'10" off the edge of our floating dock instead of a nice safe 8 feet.
I've been coming here 50 years and have lived through a couple of extreme low-water years (and missed one back in the 70s when I was in the Army, but have seen pictures.) I'm just hoping the current drought is another transient condition and not a "permanent" effect of global climate change.
All that said, it's still a blessing to be here. If you're unhappy now, remember 2007.
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