[Rhodes22-list] TN River 45 year flood level (pic)

[Wally Buck]

Mother's Day, when is it? Not this weekned I hope.....just kidding!

Good luck with your new boat.

Wally


>From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] TN River 45 year flood level (pic)
>Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 04:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Wally,
>
>My other boat arrived in Pickwick yesterday.  I have
>to wait for the bank to open this morning and then
>meet the driver and oversee the rigging.  It might be
>prudent to stop by my marina and check access to the
>dock before leaving the marina where the boat is being
>lifted of the trailer (about 3 miles away).  I would
>have met him yesterday but I got called out to fly an
>extra trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Newark;  100,000
>pounds of flowers going to New York for Mothers Day.
>I did buy the Tennessee River cruising book you
>mentioned.  Save me a spot at your marina, I'm on the
>way!
>
>Brad
>--- Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > We have had a bunch of rain all week and the TN
> > River is at the second
> > highest level since TVA was established. I was at my
> > friend’s lake property
> > and his dock was 3 feet under water. It is normally
> > 3 or 4 feet above normal
> > spring water levels. There were boats floating down
> > the river with no one in
> > them. The water level is up so much the boats were
> > floated out of their lift
> > slings. I saw two pontoon boats that were crushed
> > against the ceiling of
> > their slips.
> >
> > I went over to my marina to check out my boat. The
> > boat was fine (floating
> > docks) and all drains were doing their job. Blue
> > Springs Marina is ¾ of a
> > mile off the main channel and normally quite
> > protected. Attached pics are of
> > the marina. The water did not come inside but came
> > right up to the doorway.
> > Pics show the ice machines and AC unit under water.
> > You can see the painted
> > parking lines under water. One pic shows the walkway
> > from shore to the
> > marina slips. There are two of these walkways and
> > they were both 5 feet
> > under water. The only way to get to the dock was
> > through the marina office.
> > The last pic shows a bunch of motor cruisers that
> > are sitting on stands
> > ready for bottom jobs. Those boats are not floating!
> >
> > As I was heading out to leave it dawned on me that
> > it was after 6 PM and the
> > office was closed and locked. The other two walkways
> > were under water. I
> > headed back to my boat and was thankful I still had
> > 4 cold beers and some
> > peanut butter crackers. I was getting ready to call
> > me wife and tell her I
> > was spending the night on the boat when I decided to
> > try my hand held to try
> > to call the marina owners. They live in a house
> > right next store to the
> > marina. I got Larry on the radio and he came over
> > and let me out. He told me
> > the water level was almost a foot higher on
> > Wednesday.
> >
> > The forecast for this weekend looks interesting, low
> > 80s with 15 – 25 winds!
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
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