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Default Lake Lanier thanks to drought has substantially more beach area

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:28:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:


As anyone who has rafted up on Lake Lanier on any holiday weekend knows,
there just never seems to be enough beach area. Thanks to our 2 year
drought, that lake of beach area seems to be solved.

Slide number 5 is a photo of the area of Lanier where I spend most of my
time. It looks like the beach area has been increase about 500%. As
you can see many of the smaller creeks and the northern areas of the
lake are bone dry.

http://tinyurl.com/2qffbz


Damn shame. I guess the workings with Congress didn't get the laws changed
regarding the release of water?

The lake I'm interested in, Falls Lake, NC, is now only about 8 feet below
normal.
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John H