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Default Lake Lanier drying up?

On Oct 24, 12:48 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:00:40 -0000, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Oct 22, 6:35 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers wrote:
| Gene Kearns wrote:

| On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:14:20 -0400, HK penned the following well
| considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
| are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
| a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.
|
| Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
| shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.
|
| What's the impact on boating?
|
| Looks like it is getting tough on the Great Lakes, too....
| http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/ny.../22oswego.html
|
| Well, I am not going to let them come down to Lake Lanier and use our
| water, that is for sure. - Hide quoted text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
|Now THAT'S funny! News report this morning says that the Corp will
|take 6 weeks to review the release of water from Lanier! WTF? They
|know damned well how much water they release, and how to fix the
|problems.

Seems to me that GA, as first steward in a serial path, is responsible
for controlling the amount of demand on a finite supply. They have
allowed expansion beyond what nature is willing to provide, on an
ongoing basis. They need to stop whining and address the *real*
problem..... allowing overpopulation in sensitive areas.

This is just as stoopid as building on the shoreline and wanting
somebody to buy you out of trouble when a hurricane makes your
dwelling disappear.

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Gene, it's not just Georgia. Hell, Alabama, downstream, doesn't have
ANY water conservation regulations. Then, if we want to regulate
outflow, the Gov. of Alabama has a hissy fit! There is plenty of water
for us. The problem is with the corp allowing the water to run freely
into the gulf. This is a free country, and people are allowed to move
here if they like, just like they are allowed to move elsewhere.