Any you guys think Lake Lanier is low???

[Doppelgänger]

Took a trip up to Fontana/The Gap. This is one of the reservoirs up there. Yes, that is me standing down there at the waterline....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/1972069739_c77002d043_b.jpg

[blackboi50]

:eek:.........*packs for different state*..........1

[Reaper]

theres a storm supposedly heading this way @ the end of the week...seriously it needs to rain for a month..

[blackboi50]

theres a storm supposedly heading this way @ the end of the week...seriously it needs to rain for a month..

20% chance today and tomorrow!!!!!:D.......1

[Mayniac]

Dude, that picture makes it look real bad! Didn't think it was going to get that low, we seriously need some rain soon.

[Nemesis]

water is overrated!

[1000cckiller]

water is overrated!x2. it isnt our fault the lake is low. Our stupid state government is to blame, mainly for all that water that is released everyday.

[Reaper]

did ya'll know two weeks ago @ sanford stadium in athens, they had monitors to flush the toilets in the mens bathroom ONLY when the toilet was either full or dark yellow....to conserve water....

I heard that from my friend who was there...

[Glides]

x2. it isnt our fault the lake is low. Our stupid state government is to blame, mainly for all that water that is released everyday.

Agreed.

[Elbow]

We funna die

[aaronfelipe]

wow...

[Nemesis]

We funna die

funna die?

[1000cckiller]

Agreed.Glides you know what I dont get. Is that they see how low the water is, and they still release it. What the **** is Bush doing, I know he has to know what is going on here. All of congress and the state government, need to be punced in the face once by every georgian.

[Doppelgänger]

^^^ And to top it off, the Corps. of Eng. let out more water last week (11.5 BILLION gallons), then any other week this year up to back in March..... Meaning as the lake gets lower, they're letting more water out then normal.

In reference to Fontana lake, its more then 70ft below summer pool. If Lanier were to get that bad... well, its practically be dry see as the lake is only 160feet deep at the deepest point (the dam).

[Doppelgänger]

BTW, that little bit of land that is up the hill behind me is actually an ISLAND.

Or it was...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/1972080893_6a13f8fd90_b.jpg

[Repost Squintz]

funna die?
lol wtf engrish prease?

[Nitro]

scary s h i t!!! :(

[R3RUN]

Do any of the water companies in the area have publicly traded stocks? Might be a good buy in a couple of months.

[IDCoconut]

did ya'll know two weeks ago @ sanford stadium in athens, they had monitors to flush the toilets in the mens bathroom ONLY when the toilet was either full or dark yellow....to conserve water....

I heard that from my friend who was there...

It's not possible for a toilet to get "full" and over flowing with piss, unless it is clogged. A toiled has an internal P-trap and whatever piss you stick in there just over flows into the drain pipe.

so when you say monitor, do you mean there were toilet police standing behind you making sure you didn't flush? lol

[Reaper]

It's not possible for a toilet to get "full" and over flowing with piss, unless it is clogged. A toiled has an internal P-trap and whatever piss you stick in there just over flows into the drain pipe.

so when you say monitor, do you mean there were toilet police standing behind you making sure you didn't flush? lol

I dont know, they said there were monitors that went in after a certain amount of people and would check it...if it was dark enough they'd flush..

[DaMaGe ZWK]

damn that sucks

[R3RUN]

I dont know, they said there were monitors that went in after a certain amount of people and would check it...if it was dark enough they'd flush..
I bet that smelled ripe

[Jimmy B]

hm.. you look small, are you a "little person" LOL


yea, if Lanier falls any more than 2 more ft, its the lowest it has been since it was filling up!

i went down to the ramp where i put my boat in yesterday, adn there were all KINDS of things on the dround where the lake USED to be.. lol
cement blocks being used as ankors(sp) were everywhere!

Water is down: 17.29 ft
Water temperature: 68°

1053.71

The water level is 17.29 feet
below full pool of 1071
feet above sea level


from yesterday to today it has gone down .26 feet, it dropped about 3-4 inches in 24hrs!!!

[DrivenMind]

This picture does an excellent job of illustrating just how bad things are.

[Kyle]

Wow sucks for property owners. Think of what its done.

[MR2DR]

holy ****.. that was an island??
that lumberyard fire last week didnt help the lake either =T but meh... it has to rain sooner or later..

[SL65AMG]

Glides you know what I dont get. Is that they see how low the water is, and they still release it. What the **** is Bush doing, I know he has to know what is going on here. All of congress and the state government, need to be punced in the face once by every georgian.

ok, what i dont get is why all of you people still think our government can actually do something right! every time they get involved it ends up worse than the way it was to begin with.

Our drought is not Bush's goddamn problem, our drought was not caused by the government.

I mean i can understand that those ****ing clams or mussels may be a bit stupid and we should cut back on the water being given to them.... but Florida gets their water from lake lanier, hence why we are still letting millions of gallons flow downstream to them.

Believe it or not this drought does NOT only affect people in georgia.



a side note:

It wouldnt hurt you people to start stashing water away, at least 100 gallons or so, you never know when/if you may need it.

You buy 2 liter coke bottles??? Gallon jugs of milk??? instead of throwing them away or recycling them why not fill them up with our beloved water and stash them in a closet somewhere

[YoungGun]

Lake Lanier still has plenty of water. The area in front of the dam is not the deepest part and will actually go dry long before the rest of the lake would because of a ridge a few hundred yards away. That is why they are so worried about the level. If it gets to somewhere over 30 ft. down then the ridge will be above water, the area in front of the dam will go dry, and Atlanta, FL, and AL will no longer have Lanier for a water supply. The other problem for Lanier at this point is that almost all the ramps are out of the water so unless the level comes back up a decent amount Gainesville economy is gonna take one helluva major hit. Already lost a huge fishing tournament, few sailing races, and probably going to lose the poker run.

[JennB]

A few points....

I don't think this had affected many property owners on this particular lake. It's surrounded by mountains and very sparsely populated. If it has bothered anyone, they will be fine in time. This is not a water source for cities, it's in the middle of nowhere so this shortage is all because of nature.

This goes to show that the low lake levels are not only because of overuse... the drought is real and we are seriously lacking rain. Still, people need to conserve and make efforts so it doesn't get worse. We need to conserve, people in AL and FL need to do their share as well. Everyone who relies on Lanier for water has to do their part and compromise or no one will have water.

We stopped by Lake Lanier on the way back from the mountains that day and it looked full compared to Fontana Lake. Yeah, it's pretty low but it's not like this. But, it's all a cycle. The Dust Bowl era came and went and this will as well. I just hope that people will learn to use water more wisely... though I seriously doubt anyone will make long term changes. It takes pretty dire situations for people to change habits.


We have pics at home of this lake when it's full, we go there every time we go to the Dragon. It was pretty shocking to see it this time. Over 30ft lower than this time last year.

[Leadfoot_mf]

A few points....

I don't think this had affected many property owners on this particular lake. It's surrounded by mountains and very sparsely populated. If it has bothered anyone, they will be fine in time. This is not a water source for cities, it's in the middle of nowhere so this shortage is all because of nature.

This goes to show that the low lake levels are not only because of overuse... the drought is real and we are seriously lacking rain. Still, people need to conserve and make efforts so it doesn't get worse. We need to conserve, people in AL and FL need to do their share as well. Everyone who relies on Lanier for water has to do their part and compromise or no one will have water.

We stopped by Lake Lanier on the way back from the mountains that day and it looked full compared to Fontana Lake. Yeah, it's pretty low but it's not like this. But, it's all a cycle. The Dust Bowl era came and went and this will as well. I just hope that people will learn to use water more wisely... though I seriously doubt anyone will make long term changes. It takes pretty dire situations for people to change habits.


We have pics at home of this lake when it's full, we go there every time we go to the Dragon. It was pretty shocking to see it this time. Over 30ft lower than this time last year.

the lake was created for electricity and flood control. during the depression.

[JennB]

I know. It's part of the TVA. One of Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives to create jobs alongside while existing problems and boosting the economy.

Other TVA lakes are really low as well. Lake Nottelly looked pretty sad. It's about 15 feet low right now.

[nreggie454]

did ya'll know two weeks ago @ sanford stadium in athens, they had monitors to flush the toilets in the mens bathroom ONLY when the toilet was either full or dark yellow....to conserve water....

I heard that from my friend who was there...

I didn't see that one. The urinals are big troughs that have a little bit of water running and the stalls didn't have any attendants as far as I knew.

[MikeyPrzy]

God Damn... I wish I would've taken a picture of the shit I saw the other day. There was a bunch of personal dry docks and in the middle(between both sides of different docks) seemed like a small puddle of water...

[LQQKITZME]

Damn thats crazy

["B"]

Long live Allatoona!!!

["B"]

BTW- I am taking a bath right now instead of a shower. Just trying to do my part to drain the lakes. Then again, I am down in Tifton.

[Doppelgänger]

LOL Fl gets little water from Lanier and AL can just **** off.

What i dont get is that FL and AL ***** like spoiled ****s about the water yet, NO ONE seems to have said "We are not turning off the water, just cutting back. If we do not, then when we run out, we are all ****ed".

I swear no one gets that concept....

[blackboi50]

Perdue prayed today!!!!!! no bull****!!!.......1

[SL65AMG]

Perdue prayed today!!!!!! no bull****!!!.......1
yes he did, along with a bunch of other governors and ministers/pastors and ****.






**** the Army Corps of Engineers and their political bull****, call in the native americans





rain dance FTMFW

[MikeyPrzy]

Tomorrow there is a 20% chance that Jesus will follow through.

[IronEagle]

Gotta get metal detector..

[1SICKLEX]

Yeah, SELOC went there for our annual Tail of the Dragon trip and it was pretty damn empty!