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Tallyman
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5/23/2007 9:41:36 PM
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I saw rain on the radar. Was it really rain or ignis fatuus?
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just enough to wet the windshield in jacksons gap
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RidgeRider
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 12:50:13 AM
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just listened to news and there is hardly a hint of rain in it. They said best chance of rain in long range forecase is Sunday at 20%. This is the most extreme spring drought I can ever remember at Lake Martin...going back decades.
Based on the article in Montg. paper sounds like the drop in lake this week could be minor compared to what is coming.
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Osms
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 7:28:55 AM
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Can you imagine being a farmer this year?
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rainbow slough
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 9:20:45 AM
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You would think with global warming and the rapid melt of glacial ice that there would be plenty of moisture in the atmosphere. Perhaps if everone on the lake would release some florocarbons all at once we could punch a hole in the ozone right above hwy 63. The heat dome generated might just push the prevailing el nino notherly and speed up the polar melt down, giving more water flow southward.
Just a thought.
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Crimson4Lif
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 10:49:52 AM
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.5 inch in East Montgomery yesterday......couldn't believe it.....had to sit on the porch and just breath it in.....forgot what rain smelt like.
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PillPipe
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 12:12:24 PM
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there is plenty of moisture in the atmosphere, it just seems like it's all falling on the midwest. if we could switch our drought with their floods for a few days, both sides would be happier.
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waterbug
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 4:11:44 PM
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The good news is with the water level dropping, those of us that did not repair our docks during the winter months will have something to do if we can't get our boats in.
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Pier Pressure
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 5:02:18 PM
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How about we leave these decisions to those with enough technical data to base the decision. Who has EVER seen Lake Martin flood? This is the only lake I have been on that has never flooded during a heavy spring rain season. Spring a couple years ago (in fact, two springs in a row) the Alabama river was well above flood stage. Cooters pond in Prattville had water so high that the fixed dock was unaccessible. The water was at least 10 feet above normal. The water was so high that houses on the Alabama River Toll road (between Montgomery and Prattville) we inaccessible. And the reason for all this downstream flooding? So that Lake Martin and Jordan would not creast.
It makes sense that in a drought if winter levels were not so low then situations would be better for summer months, but what happens if it is not a drought and we get multiple tropical storms? Would you rather not have use of a dock for a couple of seasons, or have to rebuild your first level because of flooding?
Buying property on a lake is an inherited risk. No one (even us weekenders) likes it... But, as stated, you can make something good of it. Go out on the sand/mud and pitch a tent. Go walking along this newly created shoreline, etc...
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LifeTime Laker
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 7:13:14 PM
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i hear ya PP. I have been saying the same thing. When we were at 486 and holding I stated I choose to enjoy the 486 we got, not bemoan the 4 we don't. I guess we live in a unique neighborhood here. It has already been discussed that as the water goes down we will move our boats out to friends/neighbors that have deeper water. Not what we would want, but better than having to trailer to public ramps. Those with the deeper water will somewhat inconvenienced also by having so many boats moored to them, but that what friends do for one another.
As for the water level, it seems that some folks do not understand flood control. They weren't here in 1980 when the bridge got washed out below the dam. This lake has NEVER been out of its banks. Another year 1980 and it just might though. The new coffer dam built after '80 will hold back a lot more water now, but it has 44,000 acres to spread out in. I made the comment a couple of weeks ago that I am not an engineer and will not try to second guess those that are. I would like 485 winter level. like many others that would give me year round water, but I am not so egotistical to think that it is all about me. I knew what I was getting when I moved off the big water.
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LifeTime Laker
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 7:17:35 PM
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Good plan. You must be like me, when life hands me lemons, I say pass the tequilla and salt!!
Will be a great year for shoreline improvements too, exspecially if it involves any dredging. The lake bed will be good and dry by august I'm afraid.
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LoveManoy
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long range forecast
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5/24/2007 10:44:24 PM
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Dredging? Didn't know that was allowable. We have had lots of runoff over the years and could use some dredging. Not much but would like the "sludge" removed over a 20 by ten foot section.
We also live off the big water but are still able to use the toys. We like it because it is quiet and we can float without waves. Just curious, why did you move when the buzz is "big water" is the place to be?
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Lakeman
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long range forecast
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5/25/2007 12:33:21 AM
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Winter levels will exceed 478' this year or before Febuary 18th. 2008.
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LifeTime Laker
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long range forecast
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5/25/2007 7:08:59 AM
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peace and quiet, no more damaged toys, less seawall repairs, no a$$hole neighbors that think they own the lake, just name a few!! Big water is just few minutes away when I want it!
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