Name:   Lifer - Subject:   apco winter level request and ferc Date:   7/24/2014 10:24:18 AM

With every post you show more and more intolerable ignorance.  Please tell us how many times in the 80+ years of Lake Martin has she left her banks.  Oh, thats right, she NEVER has.  So far in the history of LM only once has there ever been a flood that could have sent her out of her impoundment and that was in May of 1979.  Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on ones perspective she didn't have the capabillity at that time because the flood waters flowed around the dam to continue downstream.  But that issue has been corrected now and will never repeat.

I will point out that the storm that caused that flooding came at or close to full pool at a time when weather radar was in it's infancy and weather modeling was still a dream.  APCO knew it was coming and took all measures to prevent it (all 21 gates open) but couldn't.  There were no central data collection points making the calls.  Basically each dam operator spoke on the phone with others trying to determine how much water to release when.  Now they release water in advance of heavy systems coming through in order to minimize impact on all stakeholders.  These same naysayers were proven wrong when the original draw down of 50' was cut to 30' and even louder when the 30' was cut to the current 10'.