Bertha misses you guys, and soaks us.

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rkolter wrote, “AJC’s math is off.”

Sorry, rkolter, but you are wrong. The math was correct, and it was USACE’s math not AJC’s math.

Your mistake was your use of an average annual evaporation rate for a summertime evaporation calculation. Lake evaporation rates are much higher in the summer than the winter. From May to August, Georgia lakes typically lose 6.5 to 7.5 inches per month due to evaporation. From November to February, Georgia lakes typically lose 1.5 to 2.5 inches per month due to evaporation.

Daily departures from these averages can be significant. For example, a summertime cold front bringing a sunny, windy day with low afternoon relative humidity can really spike lake evaporation.

Let’s use a monthly evaporation rate of 7 inches per month and apply it to Lanier on the day (June 18) that AJC said Lanier lost more than 0.2 inches to evaporation.

Seven inches for the month of June is 0.23 inches per day. The lake level on June 18 was 1057.0 ft and the lake surface area was 32000 acres (50.0 sq mi). A 0.23 inch loss to evaporation on June 18 would represent a loss of 200 million gallons from Lanier. This is quite close to the 193.9 million gallons that AJC reported.

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“NOT AT THE DAM YOU IDIOT, NORTH OF THE LAKE WHERE IT ACTUALLY DRAINS INTO IT”.

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Well, thank the lord. Little Chicken said it rained. We’re all fine. Guess it’s safe for the USACE to release the full volume of water south to the Apalachicola.

Oh wait! The lake level fell 1.5 inches on the days of Little Chicken imaginary rainfall.

Keep calling everybody here an idiot. It’s amusing. It’s also clear that you don’t actually know what you are talking about, but that’s amusing too. You remind me of somebody else who had a loud non-opinion, who liked baseball metaphors. Swing and miss, Little Chicken. STRIKE ONE!

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NOT AT THE DAM YOU IDIOT, NORTH OF THE LAKE WHERE IT ACTUALLY DRAINS INTO IT

I do get “it”. What I don’t get is you. There certainly is a water problem, and there is a bigger problem, called water planning. If not this year, then next.

“It’s RAINING again on the north side of Lake Lanier”.

Really? What are you going on about? The past 7 days rainfall total at the dam was 11/100ths of an inch. That’s not enough to wet the ground under the trees. The monthly total is .6 inches. There’s no significant rain in the forecast. Lanier is 14 feet below normal and dropping steadily. The entire basin is dry again. But you sir, persist in arguing that there is no concern.

Now what, I wonder, is your investment in such a position?

If, as you argue, that there is no water shortage, I suppose at the very least that you would have no objection to the USACE restoring the full water flow to the Apalachicola River, and going back to your day-time profession?

Just as the AJC seems to be fanning the flames in one direction, you fan flames to justify your position. Neither is helpful.

This State is ridiculous. As soon as the housing crunch is over, I’m selling and I’m outta here.

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YOU TOO?

LIAR

YOU AIN’T MOVIN’ ANYWHERE

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I believe you meant “you’re”

idiot

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Atlanta just decided to increase water rates now, for the FOUR years. Thanks to this drought. I’m already filling my toilet with water caught from the AC condensor drain pipe. I can’t afford the new water rates and I’m learning to conserve now.

We build and build here, yet our Republican governors won’t fund mass transit OR new needed reservoirs (well, we are looking into new ones now but it’s a bit late).

This State is ridiculous. As soon as the housing crunch is over, I’m selling and I’m outta here.