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Old 08-25-2009, 07:28 PM
 
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Old 08-25-2009, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Friend of mine was a waitress at Johnny Finns, and she was telling me about the horrible situation!!!

You can barely see water....let alone a marina and large boats!!! *gasp*
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Old 08-25-2009, 11:07 PM
 
Location: Greater Seattle, WA Metro Area
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THAT IS CRAZY!!!!! I was there many years when the lake was pretty low and it was a long walk to Johnny Finns but nothing like this!
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Old 08-26-2009, 01:01 AM
 
Location: St. Augustine, FL. & Austin, TX.
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WHOA!

The lake is now down 46.32 FEET. Painful!
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Old 08-26-2009, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Driftwood TX
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Yet some HOA's will still mandate green lawns.. often non native ones.

One glimmer of hope is that they lakes have been LOWER , much lower than many of the decades on record, 40's 50's 60's and 80's --but it could get worse before it gets better. The drought in the 40-50's lasted a decade.
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Old 08-26-2009, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Yet some HOA's will still mandate green lawns.. often non native ones.

One glimmer of hope is that they lakes have been LOWER , much lower than many of the decades on record, 40's 50's 60's and 80's --but it could get worse before it gets better. The drought in the 40-50's lasted a decade.
Cheers
So possibly 8 more years to go? I don't remember the lakes being lower than this in the 80's, but maybe so. Was that before or after the Memorial Day floods in 1981?
I also remember everyone celebrating the rain in the 60s. I had just moved here from out of state and had no idea why people were so excited about a little rain, but understand completely now.
Take heart, the opening day of dove season is coming up. I can only recall a few times when it remained dry for that.
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Yeah, I don't think it got this low in the 80s (going off memories, not data ), at least not for any lenght of time. I thought it was just about -40 feet back then.
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:52 AM
 
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Yet some HOA's will still mandate green lawns.. often non native ones.
A HOA can do THAT? I had no idea.
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Yeah, I don't think it got this low in the 80s (going off memories, not data ), at least not for any lenght of time. I thought it was just about -40 feet back then.
Lake Travis is several feet below the 1984 levels and is dropping about a foot a week. The rate seems to have slowed a bit - perhaps because of less evaporation.

Last Saturday I was out for a bit and the lake was smooth in the middle of the lake around Bee Creek. Very few boats.

Near The Coves the shell of an old house is visible now. That house must have existed before the lake was filled because it hasn't been exposed to air in over 30 years.
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Driftwood TX
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Default 85?

This data looks like it was about 1985?
http://www.lcra.org/library/media/pu...ake_levels.pdf

I dont know , I wasnt here, but it was certainly at least as low. Again people, what the heck is wrong with dormant grass?
Cheers

Corrected. , I see that this chart was Aug 6th, I suppose we likely surpassed the 80"s low by now, being nearly a month later. Point is the same , there have been lower levels before and will be lower levels again..
For a city that tries to be so "green" , it wont be when the water's gone ...

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Yeah, I don't think it got this low in the 80s (going off memories, not data ), at least not for any lenght of time. I thought it was just about -40 feet back then.

Last edited by Driftwood1; 08-26-2009 at 08:04 AM.. Reason: addition.
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