Lake Lanier drought pictures

I thought that the area north of Atlanta was getting plenty of rain this year?

Did not the remmants of Tropical Storm Lee drop a lot of rain there?

The rivers look full when I was up there 3 or 4 weeks ago.

George
 
Bruce, check your map...I don't believe a desalination plan would work for Atlanta, maybe Florida should try it.
 
Lee did drop same rain maybe I am guessing 3 inches. That would not raise the lake level even a foot. IMHO The issue is the Corps of engineers is letting out much more water than is coming in. The net loss day after day adds up. This is why downstream looks full. it's been a steady decline since Spring and they have not even started the fall draw down.
 
The issue is not the rain fall in the Lake Lanier area. It is fundamentally just a little below normal. The issue is that Lanier supplies the whole ACF system. When south Georgia, and northern Florida go into drought, they have to release more water from Lanier to keep the 'Hooch flowing down there. So even with normal rainfall in the Lanier area, it is insufficient to supply the entire ACF region without drawing down Lanier signifigantly. That is what we have happening right now. If there would be normal rain fall in the southern areas of the ACF system, the Corp would stop releasing from Lanier, since obvious that would cause flooding.
 
Lanier- who cares, my boat's on the TN River now!! ;)
Just kidding- Jason- thanks for posting the pics and level update. I honestly have not been monitoring it near as much since I'm not boating there every day anymore. Sad to see Lanier is down almost 10 feet again right now! Hopefully we get some more rains and the southern basin gets a lot more rain so they can put the plug back in Lanier!
 
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