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Joe
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7/14/2007 10:02:15 AM
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We are scheduled to have a boathouse built in early August, but are hearing rummers ?!? that APC is planning to establish a new summer / full pool level of 485. We are having second thoughts as to this being the right time to build one. Already purchased the permit.
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listen to rumors.
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Samdog
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Water Level
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7/14/2007 1:27:49 PM
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I have no info on this rumor but if that were true almost all of the boatlifts at peoples homes would not be useable. If you built yours on that rumor and you were wrong, yours would be underwater most of a normal summer season.
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BiggerDog
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7/14/2007 4:08:41 PM
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Also, how are they going to get it to 485 anyway - if you listen to everyone else, it would take rain everyday for a year to accomplish this miraculous feat.
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They are dropping the water to winter pool level. This was in the paper where I am about a week ago. Also dropping on several other lakes so I am sure you will be able to build your dock.
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MartiniMan
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Water Level
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7/14/2007 10:54:58 PM
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I and an engineer friend calculated the amount of water that was out of the lake as of last weekend. Its roughly 1 trillion gallons. Sounds impressive but the fact is that less than one inch of rain over the 3,000 square mile watershed north of Lake Martin (remaining 1,000 sq miles are below the dam) would be more than enough water to fill the lake (assuming it all gets in the Tallapoosa and into the lake which obviously wouldn't happen).
We have friends who have lived on the lake for 30+ years and they have seen it go from winter pool to above full pool in 3 days of a tropical storm (i.e., 12+ inches of rain over the watershed). It can happen, just not likely.
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LifeTime Laker
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 11:24:53 AM
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I have been on the lake that same 30 years and have not seen that dramitic rise in water level. But the biggest sign of the 'tall tale' is they say it went 'over full pool'. That has NEVER happened. In 80+ years Lake Martin has never been out of its backs. Not calling anybody a liar, but somebody has faulty memories or a misconception of what 'over full pool' means.
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| Name: |
itisd
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around 1994
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7/15/2007 1:06:36 PM
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the lake came up approximately 5 feet during a heavy raining week. Prior to this I had borrowed my neighbors dock to keep a fishing boat in the water. It nearly drained the batter y bilging the water.
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BiggerDog
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 1:06:43 PM
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THe bottom line is that there is no environmental reason(i.e. rainfall shortage) that could have kept the lake from having a positive impact from all of the rain over the past two weeks. I realize it would not fill the darn thing, but we have had several inches over the past two weeks and that would have at a minimum put a foot or two on the lake level assuming only minimum releases were truly being made. There is just no way you can sell that fact anymore. I dont care whose brother is on the APCO team.
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MartiniMan
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 1:37:56 PM
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All I can tell you is what two different people have told me who have been on the lake that long. Don't knolw why they would lie but I suppose both could be mistaken. I have heard from a number of long time residents that the lake has been above full pool. I don't know why that couldn't happen. In fact they must have excess capacity, otherwise any large rain at full pool could cause.flooding downstream. That would make no sense.
And unless the person posting below is mistaken they remember it being above full pool. Strange.
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JohnGalt
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 1:45:49 PM
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Not arguing but what is the definition of "over full pool"?
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MartiniMan
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 2:13:33 PM
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490.0
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LifeTime Laker
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 3:44:58 PM
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The closest the lake has been to a flood stage would have been 1980. That year the dam overflowed and washed out the hwy 50 bridge below the dam. Even at that, the impoundment was only very minimally over full. Now the same event to today would cause levels over 490 because the concrete barrier that was built 4 feet high on the east side of the dam to hold back that overflow. Also, no matter how flat ones lot is on Lake Martin, or how little above 490 your house is, you don't have to buy flood insurance because we are NOT in a flood plain. I have seen water an inch or two above full DURING major rain events, but only in the extreme backwaters. This is due to the back flow of water trying to make it into the main channel and downstream. But I don't consider that tiny bit of water for very short times to be over full pool, just as I don't consider the few inches we are always shy in the summer as not full pool.
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BigFoot
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Somebody is mistaken
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7/15/2007 3:58:12 PM
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..can't cite the exact date but my '87 pontoon boat went from resting comfortably at the shoreline to being a lawn ornament all in one morning...don't think it made it to 491 but it was headed in that direction bigtime before the rain slowed down....
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