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	Name:	wix -
	Subject:	I still don't understand...
	Date:	11/17/2008 7:03:58 PM

Problem is the Corps is so backwards and inflexible, that they don't think to slow downstream rates from Hartwell even though there is a drought upstream. They would have you believe that they have "legal" requirements for flow rates, but in most cases those rates can be slowed during a drought. The rates on the Alabama River were cut by 10%, then by another 50%, and, in fact, were stopped altogether on Lake Martin. And would you believe the Corps never accepted the 50% reduction imposed by Alabama Power, even though it saved major problems on out lakes. Don't drink the Corps Koolaid.