[Rhodes22-list] Lake Hartwell Rhodie gathering cancelled.

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Ben,
I'll take a couple of pics this afternoon and post them to the list. It's  
really sad. Ed used to say that there is plenty of water in the lake to use. Now 
 even the sailing clubs are canceling events because to many boats are 
running  aground in areas they never would have had trouble in before. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 10/29/2008 11:26:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:

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.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of TN Rhodey
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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