Mike,
The corp actually extended several ramps three years ago when the lake was  
down 23+ feet, but not at the state park around the corner from my house. 
The  closest extended ramp is more than a half hour drive away.
The money we donate to this cause pays for the postage and printed  
materials they publish. It also buys advertising in the local media. When I  
donated they offered a downloadable form for tax purposes. I'm not sure what  
there tax status is, but it's a new group. There is also the Lake Hartwell  
Owners association which I also belong to. They aren't as aggressive as the save 
 our lakes group. They seem to just go along with whatever the corps tells 
them.  One of the biggest problems we will be facing in the near future is 
Atlanmta  wants to pump water from Hartwell. Atlanta is about 110 miles away. 
Not enough  water to satisfy everyone's needs from my point of view.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 10/18/2011 12:34:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mweisner at ebsmed.com writes:

Rummy,

I am curious, What do they actually do with the money  they collect on the
site and who decides what to do with it?

Your sponsorship contribution will help us fight
to  save Lake Thurmond, Hartwell, & Lake Russell 
from The  Corps mis-management. Choose any sponsorship
package below by  clicking the appropriate button. You
will be taken to our  secure order page.

The website is owned by Lee Builders, Inc.{Beth  Antonakos, Lee Builders,
Inc., P.O. Box 519, Lincolnton, GA  30817,  (706)359-7256,
www.leebuildersonline.com & www.leebuilders.com}, hardly  a 501(c)(3)
charity.  I would think that their motivation is  clear.

It seems such a shame that the maintenance of the lake is so  uncertain.
Once you buy lakefront property, you have an expectation that it  should
remain as such.  Maybe they can use this opportunity to  lengthen and repave
the boat ramps.

You're always welcome to come up  to the LI Sound.  So far, the water levels
haven't dropped  significantly and there is plenty of wind.  The water
temperature is  still in the 60s.  October sailing is always exciting.

Mike
s/v  Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY


From:  R22RumRunner at aol.com Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:57 AM:  

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.

Rummy

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