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LIforrelaxin · 08-23-2011, 05:48 PM

Don't get on the ban wagon of needing to draw down the lake to much... they have opened the dam some today... but we really don't want to see it opened to far, and then find out that we don't get anything from Irene.

Right now the lake is flirting with 504 feet.... full lake is 504.32.... no .32 is equal to to about 4 inches.... that is a lot of water... that can fall.... now if someone knee jerk reacts to Irene, and drains the lake to 503.5 feet... that is 6 more inches the lake will have.... but it is also 6 inches of depth we don't have if we get nothing from Irene....

My self I think the lake level is fine right now either way... the lake operators and adjusting the dam, to stop the upward trend, and start bring the lake back down...

If they bring it down to quick, the weirs channel gets to be a pain to navigate... and I would hate to see that happen unnecessarily...

08-23-2011, 05:48 PM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,970 Thanks: 1,064 Thanked 912 Times in 539 Posts	Don't get on the ban wagon of needing to draw down the lake to much... they have opened the dam some today... but we really don't want to see it opened to far, and then find out that we don't get anything from Irene. Right now the lake is flirting with 504 feet.... full lake is 504.32.... no .32 is equal to to about 4 inches.... that is a lot of water... that can fall.... now if someone knee jerk reacts to Irene, and drains the lake to 503.5 feet... that is 6 more inches the lake will have.... but it is also 6 inches of depth we don't have if we get nothing from Irene.... My self I think the lake level is fine right now either way... the lake operators and adjusting the dam, to stop the upward trend, and start bring the lake back down... If they bring it down to quick, the weirs channel gets to be a pain to navigate... and I would hate to see that happen unnecessarily... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....