The original post complains the Lakeport dam is closed but this link
http://www2.des.state.nh.us/RTi_Home...E=Lakeport+Dam shows the dam output has been regularly raised since May 26 and is currently over 1400 CFS which, I believe, means the flood gates have been opened to some extent. The lake is nowhere near being flooded, just a couple inches over "full" after some heavy downpours yesterday. If they keep pouring out the water at this rate it will drop the lake about an inch a day (I believe). At that rate the lake should be down to "full" level in a 3 to 5 days. That's hardly a big deal.