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2thelake
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are we gonna have water???
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4/21/2007 10:07:42 AM
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Hey,
I know this is an old question and I'm probably opening a can of worms. But...we've been "lakers" for about 5 years (best 5 years ever!!) and I've never seen the lake level this slow to come up. Is there hope that we will be at a more comfortable level by "summer kickoff??" I would have thought with all the snow up north melting into rivers etc... the water levels would be higher than usual???? Anyone have any genuine insight or knowledge to what "the plans" are for this year???
Thanks! Hope some of you are there enjoying this beautiful day. My husband is there putting the finishing touches on some dock upgrades at our place and I'm stuck in town taking kids to sporting events etc... etc... Oh Well!
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Aardvark
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are we gonna have water???
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4/21/2007 1:11:33 PM
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There is a real chance that the lake won't make it to full pool this year unless we get more rain. When we have drought years, the lake doesn't fill completely, and it begins to drop early in the summer because there is not enough rain to replace evaporation, minimum flow requirements downstream, and other factors that pull water from the lake. As for snow melt, the Tallapoosa basin originates west of Atlanta, so there is no snow pack to melt. We rely on rain over the lake and upstream in the area just east of north of the lake to fill it up. If we don't get that rain, then the lake doesn't fill. It doesn't happen often, but unfortunately there are years when the lake maxes out at 487 point something, then starts going down early in June. It is not much fun when the water never gets high enough to get the boat out and our swimming area is a mud hole, but that happens sometimes. One year the lake will be low, the next year they will have to open the floodgates because we got too much rain.
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LakeLady1
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the bad thing is
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4/21/2007 9:46:04 PM
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this is two years in a row we've suffered from low water. Sent someone at APCO that deal with Lake Martin an e-mail just asking some basic questions and they never returned my e-mail.
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Forum Manager
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Definitive answer inside
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4/21/2007 10:12:54 PM
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As of today, the lake is 99.12% full.
With all of the whining, you'd think the lake was 99.12% empty.
The lake has water. The lake has plenty of water.
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I've seen worse years and better years, but there is plenty there for a great summer.
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Filling Lake Martin?......now there is a new one.
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| Name: |
redleg
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the bad thing is
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4/22/2007 3:53:34 AM
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As has been pointed out by some on the forum, lake levels depend almost totally on rainfall here and especially east of us. We are well below average for rain and the headwaters and Weedowee Lake are low. Hopefully, we will have a few days of soaking rain (Monday thru Thursday, of course) and we will get the other five feet of water. Until then, stay well away from the buoys and watch for snags. Enjoy.
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2thelake
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thanks
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4/22/2007 11:08:16 AM
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to those of you that answered my question with genuine helpful responses. As for Forum Mangager and Jlazc... I didn't believe asking a legitimite question constitutes whining and please forgive me that I have "slipped" and did not realize the exact river systems from where our lake is originally fed.
Have a great day and oh yeah, try kindness instead of sarcasm to those you see today. It goes alot further I promise! Is that a new one???????? Now don't whine about it!!!
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if I offended you.
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| Name: |
2thelake
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Sorry
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4/22/2007 12:50:04 PM
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No problem :) Have a great day.
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but some of us will not even be able to dock our boat if lake does not get higher. So, the 99% does not do much good without the 1%.
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jkl
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yeah
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4/22/2007 9:30:04 PM
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I agree, we're new on the lake and in a slough with plenty of water. But so far we can't dock our boat.
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| Name: |
2thelake
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yeah
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4/22/2007 10:22:47 PM
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Be careful guys, they're gonna get ya for "whining!" LOL
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roswellric
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the good thing is
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4/22/2007 10:46:02 PM
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You don't know what low water is. Try 12 ft. down for about 3-4 years.
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roswellric
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well
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4/22/2007 10:48:42 PM
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with this global warming thing the water may not come back up for years. I'd sell while I had the chance..... Uh.....How much do you want for your property?
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| Name: |
2thelake
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well
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4/23/2007 9:18:17 AM
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Love it,..Yes, I may open a new real estate business on the lake and go in and buy up property "while people can still unload it before this global warming completely dries up the lake!!!!" LOL
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