[Rhodes22-list] Lake Hartwell Rhodie gathering cancelled.

[ben]

Rummy, that's unbelievable.  I can't even picture a lake that is 19 feet
below normal, much less 25 feet.  If any of you at Hartwell (even Ed, if he
promises that we won't talk about politics) get a sailing jones this fall or
spring, I'm only a day's drive away.

Ben S.

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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:27
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Lake Hartwell Rhodie gathering cancelled.

Rummy, That sucks. We are low on rain as well but TVA is able to maintain
water levels (somewhat) by controlling release levels at the dams. Part of
their mission is to maintain the channel to a "navigable" depth of 9 feet.
We also have a rain forest that feeds the river. My Marina is called Blue
Springs and is named after a fresh water spring that feeds the river. The
end result is we do ok in times of drought.

I hear Lake Lanier and many other GA lakes are in bad shape. My marina has
at least doubled in size over the last 10 years. Many from GA Lakes are
moving boats to Watts Bar.

A toast to a wet winter!

Wally

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:54 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> I have been waiting until now to let you all know the status of the
reunion
> next year because we had hopes that we would get some rain and the lake
> level
> would rise. We  have received very little rain and our lake is  now nearly
> 19
> feet below full pool. I have no boats in the water because our new  dock
is
> all but on hard ground. The weather outlook for the winter is warmer  than
> normal temperatures and dry weather. I guess we will have to pick another
>  year
> when we actually have water beneath the dock.
> Historically this is the lowest the lake has ever been since it was
flooded
> in 1961. They are predicting that we will fall below 25 feet by the first
> of
> the  year. You can imagine the damage this is causing to the local
economy.
> Boat  dealers are hurting and dock company's are all but shut down. Houses
> on the
> lake  are losing value and add in  the crappy economy in general and you
> have
> a  lot of foreclosures on what were 2nd homes.
> Most boat ramps have been closed for a month now, but the Corps added rock
> to four of them so they are somewhat usable if you have four wheel drive.
> Our friends, Rodger and Betty, live on their 37' Hunter and are readying
it
> to be held in place with a rack and will move from the boat into our old
> house
>  until the water returns.
> If you have any spare water, please send it this way.
>
> Rummy
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