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Old 09-19-2014, 03:25 PM
 
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The property value around the lake could increase. Those properties are still valuded and sold for less than the level of 2007. It is the only area that you could still purchase properties for belowing the 2008 price.
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Old 09-19-2014, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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The Oasis gets a whole lot more visitors when the lake is full.
But just as an exercise, we assume the lake rises 10 feet and pretty much holds at that level...doesn't make a huge difference in the vista from the Oasis, I wouldn't think. The lake would just look 'less empty' by comparison.

Part of the question would be...what would the difference in attitude be IF the lake only rose 10 feet? Would folks get very excited about lake living again...or would the 'old timers' still notice the missing 20 +feet?

I suppose the lake could recover the ten feet I propose...and then hold that level for the next five years of drought! As I mentioned, we've never seen the lake(s) recover since we moved here in '08. A lot of folks who moved here in the last three years or so might just figure what we see is what we get...they don't know nuthin different!
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Old 09-19-2014, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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But just as an exercise, we assume the lake rises 10 feet and pretty much holds at that level...doesn't make a huge difference in the vista from the Oasis, I wouldn't think. The lake would just look 'less empty' by comparison.

Part of the question would be...what would the difference in attitude be IF the lake only rose 10 feet? Would folks get very excited about lake living again...or would the 'old timers' still notice the missing 20 +feet?

I suppose the lake could recover the ten feet I propose...and then hold that level for the next five years of drought! As I mentioned, we've never seen the lake(s) recover since we moved here in '08. A lot of folks who moved here in the last three years or so might just figure what we see is what we get...they don't know nuthin different!
The lake was full in 2010. Even now, with the rises, the sometimes peninsula has become sometimes island again and is getting smaller. Windy Point has reduced in size as well.

10 feet won't solve all problems, but we may actually be able to light fire crackers on New Year's without the burn ban.
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Old 09-19-2014, 06:19 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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we've never seen the lake(s) recover since we moved here in '08.
It was full in 20010-2011. If they had not released for rice in 2011, then the lake would have an estimated 22 more feet of water in it right now.
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Old 09-19-2014, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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It was full in 20010-2011. If they had not released for rice in 2011, then the lake would have an estimated 22 more feet of water in it right now.
I guess I don't remember its being full since BIL's property on the river just below Lake Marble Falls has not seen boat-able water even during that 2010-11 time. I can't imagine how 'full' LT must be for there to be water in 'his' stretch of the river...you could/can virtually walk across to the other side. Take a look at Google earth view of the stretch of river below the dam in Marble Falls...more sand than water pretty much since we moved here His property has been for sale for the last four years...not a single prospective buyer has any 'live' visual proof that his 'boat ramp' is anything more than a concrete driveway that abruptly ends 15 feet above the river bed
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Old 09-19-2014, 10:28 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Just for grins, load up the Google Earth program and use the history button to scroll the satellite photos back and forth in time. Quite interesting, actually . To be fair, it wasn't full for long in 2011 - it was low, filled up in a rain event, then dropped rapidly as the drought continued where it left off but both major releases for rice farming were green-lighted.

Edit: went back and looked at the actual data, and I guess it was 2010 that it was full and by 2011 it was on its way down, but there were two releases in 2011 - huge stink about it at the time.

In any case, in Mar-Jun of 2010, the lake was at levels from 675-682 feet. After June 2010, the long, slow drop began. The lake dropped 35' between April and October 2011.

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Old 09-19-2014, 10:35 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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Just for grins, load up the Google Earth program and use the history button to scroll the satellite photos back and forth in time. Quite interesting, actually . To be fair, it wasn't full for long in 2011 - it was low, filled up in a rain event, then dropped rapidly as the drought continued where it left off but both major releases for rice farming were green-lighted.
Thanks, Did not know about that...guess I'll be spending MORE time at the computer
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