On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:48:33 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:26:23 -0500, John H. penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



I'm worried that Falls Lake in NC is going to dry up. Then I'll have wasted
money on my new boat.

Too late....the lake is down about 9 feet......
http://epec.saw.usace.army.mil/dss180f.txt

Not even their over-optimistic predictions for rainfall (not shared by
NOAA) will fill the lake before the end of January....

See:
http://tinyurl.com/2jj43m

or more generally:
http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt

Damn, you're just full of good news!