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Name:	krc -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/27/2008 7:05:58 PM

Arrived at the lake after 2 weeks away and I am shocked at how far down the lake level is from where it was last visit! I got out my tape measure and we are down 2 feet here in 2 weeks? Isn't there a better way to manage the levels? Seems like there could be a balance. I realize that the lake is here for power generation, but gee whiz, this is awful. Still usable and beautiful, but at this rate we will be down another foot by the 4th.

Name:	Blue Creeker -	Reply
Subject:	Well, no rain and...
Date:	6/27/2008 9:41:14 PM

...the blazin' Sun will do that to a body of water.

Name:	Bob -	Reply
Subject:	Well, no rain and...
Date:	6/27/2008 9:55:33 PM

Yep you are right...running three turbines helps alot too....

Name:	Blue Creeker -	Reply
Subject:	Shoulda seen the level...
Date:	6/28/2008 12:02:00 AM

...before the turbines.

Heck, the dam is a good thing.

Name:	HOT ROD -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/28/2008 1:02:03 AM

Not sure how the lake can be down two feet in two weeks when it's not even down two feet from full pool. That would mean that two weeks ago the level was above full pool. I think we all know that isn't the case. ;-)

Name:	water_watcher -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/28/2008 8:20:04 AM

agree, it is down a little over a foot.

Name:	krc -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/28/2008 9:26:23 AM

I measured about 24 inches; If you check max level attained this year minus yesterday's level - that is 17 inches. So you are right, not 2 feet, but still pretty significant if you ask me.

Name:	Bob -	Reply
Subject:	Shoulda seen the level...
Date:	6/28/2008 12:11:01 PM

Good point Blue Creeker...of course that was well before there was a lake with lives dependent upon water being in that lake (speaking of the businesses and economy dependent on the lake).

Name:	Jim120 -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/28/2008 2:37:39 PM

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.

Name:	Maverick -	Reply
Subject:	Arnold - The Mathematician ???
Date:	6/28/2008 3:12:31 PM

OK Arnold, I have a question and I know you are just the guy to calc the results and provide the answer -- if you have the necessary data.

So the question is -- If you take the average daily downstream flows out of Martin and Logan Martin feeding the Alabama River based on the current turbine schedules, as I think they have remained basically the same over the course of the past couple of weeks.

Is APCo releasing the minimum required daily csf via power generation or more? If more, how much more and what does such equate to in terms of the current lake level diff.

Curious more so than anything, thanks.

Name:	willallie -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/28/2008 10:57:15 PM

Considering where we were at this time last year, I am tickled with the water level. Also, never even imagined that the lake level would have gone as high as it did in the spring. Just be glad that we could enjoy it some this year.

Name:	Feb -	Reply
Subject:	Dang It Mav
Date:	6/29/2008 3:52:46 PM

Some of us can not even think of questions of the sort. Then you want an answer?

Come on Man - I have met you in person, and you seemed normal and not like a nerd. LOL

Name:	4Golf -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/30/2008 12:54:27 AM

I agree with Jim120, let's be thankful for the lake level we are all enjoying this year. Remember that it was 6 FEET LOWER this same time last year.

Name:	RidgeRider -	Reply
Subject:	Shocked at lake level
Date:	6/30/2008 9:41:50 AM

for some of us though, when lake gets down to 486 to 487 we are unable to use our lifts, etc. While glad it's much better than last year, this is two years back to back where I'm probably not going to have enough water for about half the summer to use my lift. This is after many years of no problems.

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