[Rhodes22-list] Lake bottoms up
Lowe, Rob
rlowe at vt.edu
Tue Oct 18 13:13:19 EDT 2011
I think it's pretty clear that the Corp had a hand in the flooding in the upper Midwest this spring due to mismanagement of the flood control system. It is also clear that mismanagement of the levee system in NO added to the problems there too. No accountability of the Corp and no punishment of those overseeing these decisions. - rob
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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of R22RumRunner at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:57 AM
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Mike,
There is actually an organized group on the lake(s).
_http://www.saveourlakesnow.org/_ (http://www.saveourlakesnow.org/)
Rummy
In a message dated 10/18/2011 9:11:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mweisner at ebsmed.com writes:
Rummy,
I thought that your house move was to eliminate the problem of dependence
on
lake water height. Didn't you relocate to a place known as Big Water?
What
happened? You need to talk to those folks in northern NJ who feel like
they
live in Venice. Their streets might as well be canals. Talk about living
in a house that is "underwater" - these people aren't just upside down in
finances! Maybe the Corps can divert the NJ rains to SC ... Nah, they
would probably drown you guys.
You are going to protest? What do you want? More rains? Smarter Corps
engineers? They build dams for flood control and power generation,
recreational boating is a side-effect.
What will you call yourselves, "Occupy the dam" or "The Dry 99%" (hardly
applies)? You would better spend your time doing rain dances or calling on
these guys with their "Cloudbusters": http://www.orgonelab.org/AIBC.htm.
When the subject is rain, be careful what you wish for ...
Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY
From: R22RumRunner at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:18 AM
Silly Chris. Rum comes in a bottle. The bigger the better. I will be
spending more time with the bottle since our lake level has once again been
reduced to a tad pole pond by the USACE. Lake Hartwell is currently down
eight
feet and this past weekend I removed the wife's Chaparral and our SeaDoo
from the water. Unfortunately RumRunner will be pulled this coming
weekend.
The boat ramps have run out of concrete and we're now using the lake
bottom.
My four wheel drive paid for itself as I helped two neighbors to remove
their boats as well. It has been a dry summer, but the USACE didn't cut
back
on the amount of water they released downstream in time. Protests are set
for November 5th at the dam and I hope thousands of people show up. We
went
through this three years ago when they allowed the lake level to drop
twenty
four feet before closing the dam and allowing the lake to fill back up.
The problem is mismanagement by the Army Corps.
Rummy
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