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re: Lake Lanier is at 1075 feet above sea level
Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:52 am to LanierSpots
Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:52 am to LanierSpots
Is 1075 bad? Why would they shut it down?
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 11:56 am to UMRealist
Because it's a man-made lake held up by by Buford Dam and is going to flood errything if it get too high.
To put it into perspective, Lake Allatoona (about 30 miles West of Lanier) underwent this change through 8 days of rain:
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To put it into perspective, Lake Allatoona (about 30 miles West of Lanier) underwent this change through 8 days of rain:
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This post was edited on 12/30/15 at 11:59 am
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:04 pm to UMRealist
quote:
Is 1075 bad? Why would they shut it down?
Yea, the lake is a man made reservoir. Ive been here 20 plus years and never remember seeing it more than 2 feet above full pool. Its 4 feet now. At 5 foot, its very dangerous.
The lake is a train wreck right now. I won't be going out for a few days anyway.. We also have a very small spillway which can not release a lot of water at once.
That plus the fact that there are 8 lakes below us that are all full makes it tough to get the level down quickly
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