[Rhodes22-list] Lake bottoms up

[Michael D. Weisner]

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