[ale] Water levels

[James P. Kinney III]

On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 01:34 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Killing time on a late Saturday waiting for the computers to get done.
> 
> Started looking at Laniers water level.
> 
> http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/acfframe.htm
> 
> Up a smidgen yesterday, so we haven't lost any in a week or two, but
> haven't really gained either.
> 
> But look at West Point lake and Lake George.  Both fed by the Chattahochee.
> 
> All 3 lakes, including Lanier, have 30 - 40 thousand acres of surface
> area at their current depth, so 1 foot change at one is the same
> amount of water as a foot change at another.
> 
> Lake George is up 3' in the last 3 weeks.
> 
> West Point Lake is up a 1.5' in the last week or so.
> 
> I haven't heard anything about this in the news.  Certainly should be.
>  At a minimum that is a bunch of water we won't have to send from
> Lanier down to Florida.

Check the river routes. Not all rivers are coincident at some other
point. So Lanier will still get hit pretty hard no matter (it feeds . If
the newsies report the lakes are up the crisis will be perceived as
over. It's far from over (and likely to only get worse - wait until the
water bill starts to rise and water-hungry businesses like restaurants
and drink companies get impacted) so no point in putting out a false
sense of relief. We still need nearly 20 inches of rainfall to hit
"average". The Chattahoochee river is one of the largest river systems
in the south and thus it has the largest demand (populations flourish
near waterways even with modern transport methods). The Flint River is
tiny and so is the Coosa and they server a much smaller population
(although Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile are huge loads on the Coosa,
they are tiny compared to the drain from the Atlanta area).
> 
> Hell, that means Aaron can start taking showers and flushing his toilet again.

Hey! I met Aaron to see Blade Runner Friday and I'm quite sure he has
bathed at least as often as I have.

Hmm. Maybe that's not the idea I wanted to present...
> 
> And an early Happy New Year to all.
> 
> Greg
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