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Mike, There is actually an organized group on the lake(s). _http://www.saveourlakesnow.org/_ (http://www.saveourlakesnow.org/) Rummy In a message dated 10/18/2011 9:11:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mweisner at ebsmed.com writes: Rummy, I thought that your house move was to eliminate the problem of dependence on lake water height. Didn't you relocate to a place known as Big Water? What happened? You need to talk to those folks in northern NJ who feel like they live in Venice. Their streets might as well be canals. Talk about living in a house that is "underwater" - these people aren't just upside down in finances! Maybe the Corps can divert the NJ rains to SC ... Nah, they would probably drown you guys. You are going to protest? What do you want? More rains? Smarter Corps engineers? They build dams for flood control and power generation, recreational boating is a side-effect. What will you call yourselves, "Occupy the dam" or "The Dry 99%" (hardly applies)? You would better spend your time doing rain dances or calling on these guys with their "Cloudbusters": http://www.orgonelab.org/AIBC.htm. When the subject is rain, be careful what you wish for ... Mike s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81) Nissequogue River, NY From: R22RumRunner at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:18 AM Silly Chris. Rum comes in a bottle. The bigger the better. I will be spending more time with the bottle since our lake level has once again been reduced to a tad pole pond by the USACE. Lake Hartwell is currently down eight feet and this past weekend I removed the wife's Chaparral and our SeaDoo from the water. Unfortunately RumRunner will be pulled this coming weekend. The boat ramps have run out of concrete and we're now using the lake bottom. My four wheel drive paid for itself as I helped two neighbors to remove their boats as well. It has been a dry summer, but the USACE didn't cut back on the amount of water they released downstream in time. Protests are set for November 5th at the dam and I hope thousands of people show up. We went through this three years ago when they allowed the lake level to drop twenty four feet before closing the dam and allowing the lake to fill back up. The problem is mismanagement by the Army Corps. RummySee the original archive post