Coolbreeze767
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That would be December 26 and I will be there doing a Crown Vigil that day for sure.. Just hope we are not at the same level. I'm hoping we can hold at 51...
Lake Lanier drought pictures
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You are less optimistic than me Rick! I meant we should have a vigil on the day this year that we hit last year's low of 1050.79. I was thinking that we would hit that point this week but forecast shows rain so maybe we'll chill out at 1051 but i'm guessing we go down to 1049 this winter. hope you all are well!!
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Maybe if everyone would take a whizz off their swim platform they could refill in not time at all.
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We've tried that!!
Maybe if everyone would take a whizz off their swim platform they could refill in not time at all.
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We've tried that!!
What are the projections for water levels after the last couple of days of rain? We have gotten a lot of rain in northwest Georgia, but I haven't heard about the areas north and east of Atlanta, where most of Lanier's drainage is.
As of this morning, Lanier was up 3.6" inches over the last 48 hours. I suspect we'll see increased water levels for the next 2 days and maybe a total of a 12" rise in water level if we're lucky???
Allatoona is already up 9 inches today!
Allatoona is already up 9 inches today!
Not sure of actuals, however this blurb was in the Atlanta paper today.
Lake Lanier continued its rapid rise Wednesday, as full rivers and streams poured in.
By mid-afternoon Thursday, Lanier had added 2 feet of water since early Tuesday, with more on the way. That’s about 20 billion gallons of water, or enough to supply metro Atlanta for more than 50 days.
This week’s deluge accelerated a steady rise in the lake that began in early December with a well-timed soaking. Just hours before the rain started on Dec. 9, Lanier came within 2 inches of setting a new record low level.
Since then, Lanier has risen more than 4 feet, to several feet higher than this time last year.
The federal reservoir which supplies most of metro Atlanta’s water, is still more than 13 feet below its average elevation for January, and about 14.5 feet below its full, wintertime level. It has been more than three years since the lake was full.
Lake Lanier continued its rapid rise Wednesday, as full rivers and streams poured in.
By mid-afternoon Thursday, Lanier had added 2 feet of water since early Tuesday, with more on the way. That’s about 20 billion gallons of water, or enough to supply metro Atlanta for more than 50 days.
This week’s deluge accelerated a steady rise in the lake that began in early December with a well-timed soaking. Just hours before the rain started on Dec. 9, Lanier came within 2 inches of setting a new record low level.
Since then, Lanier has risen more than 4 feet, to several feet higher than this time last year.
The federal reservoir which supplies most of metro Atlanta’s water, is still more than 13 feet below its average elevation for January, and about 14.5 feet below its full, wintertime level. It has been more than three years since the lake was full.
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As of 1:15pm today we are at 1055.61. Keep the water coming!!
Things are setting up nicely. The ground is pretty saturated. We are around 5 feet ahead of where we were this time last year. The Corp has permission and seems motivated to let out less water. Normal to above normal rain is expected this spring. We should top out at least 5, probably 10 feet higher than last year. That should put us less than 5 feet below full pool and get us out of danger. Maybe my $10,000 stump incident won't be repeated for a long time, hopefully never!
Was up checking on the boat yesterday, water level is about where it was most of July and August which is promising. Lots of floating stuff in the water given rapid rise over the last two weeks but we're almost at 1056 so I'll take it!
That's good news for Lanier. Allatoona is about to be at Summer pool this week at 838' (Summer pool is 840') and then back to 835', but that will be high enough to open many of the ramps over here. That will be even earlier than last year. As long as the lakes south of Allatoona get enough rain, then they don't have to let as much water out. Good to see Lanier up a few feet though too!
Don't have a pic of the travel lift but this pic was posted earlier from 1st weekend of November on our dock:
Ted sent me this pic with his mobile phone 5 days ago and we're up more from since then:
Note first pic above shows water only in half of the first slip. Second pic from 5 days ago shows water fully in that slip and beyond (i.e. entire dock is floating again).
Ted sent me this pic with his mobile phone 5 days ago and we're up more from since then:
Note first pic above shows water only in half of the first slip. Second pic from 5 days ago shows water fully in that slip and beyond (i.e. entire dock is floating again).
I spent an hour or two raising the ramps, pulling in the two docks that I use. The bank in my cove really gets steep when the water level gets down in the low 1050 range. What really made it difficult was the flat tires on one dock. Both docks should be fine for another 4-5 feet of water level rise before I have to move them again.
The big negative with the rising water levels is all the debris. I did find salvage a tube and a cooler. Unfortunately in my cove the debris included a sheen of oil/gas on top of the water. Last winter this guy parked his Chris Craft where it ended up just sitting nicely on a slowly sloping bank. The water came back up, the boat refloated, he lucked up with no damage. This year (at least I assume it's the same boat, those 32' Chris Crafts can be hard to tell apart) he tied the boat to one of our condo's docks where the bank is steeper. I think only a little more than half the boat was on the bank at the lowest lake level. But this year as the water rose, the pressure from the bow on land was greater than the bouyancy of the boat and it's now swamped to midcabin or so. What a shame.
However, the last Chris that sank in our area sat 2/3 submerged in it's dock for a week or so. One morning I woke up and noticed a work crew messing with the boat. A few minutes later they had it running and drove it away. I'm sure the damage takes a nice boat to barely salvageable, but that was neat to me that they pulled it up and drove it away.
The big negative with the rising water levels is all the debris. I did find salvage a tube and a cooler. Unfortunately in my cove the debris included a sheen of oil/gas on top of the water. Last winter this guy parked his Chris Craft where it ended up just sitting nicely on a slowly sloping bank. The water came back up, the boat refloated, he lucked up with no damage. This year (at least I assume it's the same boat, those 32' Chris Crafts can be hard to tell apart) he tied the boat to one of our condo's docks where the bank is steeper. I think only a little more than half the boat was on the bank at the lowest lake level. But this year as the water rose, the pressure from the bow on land was greater than the bouyancy of the boat and it's now swamped to midcabin or so. What a shame.
However, the last Chris that sank in our area sat 2/3 submerged in it's dock for a week or so. One morning I woke up and noticed a work crew messing with the boat. A few minutes later they had it running and drove it away. I'm sure the damage takes a nice boat to barely salvageable, but that was neat to me that they pulled it up and drove it away.
Lanier is coming up nicely! We're at 1056.35 right now this morning. High point last year was only 1057.80 where we hovered around 3rd week of May and we're higher now than we were 4th of July week of 2008!!
It's sleeting and raining more today and more forecasted this week. If we get our usual spring rains and perhaps a tropical storm or two rolling into the area over late summer we should be in good shape- assuming our friends at the corps of engineers don't let it all out again this year!
Let's hope it keeps raining.
It's sleeting and raining more today and more forecasted this week. If we get our usual spring rains and perhaps a tropical storm or two rolling into the area over late summer we should be in good shape- assuming our friends at the corps of engineers don't let it all out again this year!
Let's hope it keeps raining.
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Why don't you get everyone who lives on the lake to run their garden hose down and run it for a whole day?