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I saw Lake Lanier
allen griggs
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I had to make a trip to the megalopolis Atlanta for Thanksgiving. Having heard that Lake Lanier was at record low levels, I decided to take a look. It was a 30 minute drive out of my way to see the lake. Lanier is the main source of water for Atlanta.
It was really unbelievable, the pictures don't do it justice. I was at a state park, I looked at the boat launching ramp. This concrete ramp used to run about 100 feet underwater, at the end of it the water was about 8 feet deep. Now the ramp is completely dry. It is 300 feet to the water from the bottom of the ramp.
I saw, about a quarter mile away, what used to be an island. Now it is a peninsula, it is joined by a land bridge to the mainland, and that land bridge is a quarter mile long and 400 feet wide. Bushes and grass are growing on the land bridge.
You can really understand the dire straits that Atlanta is in when you stand at a boat ramp and see this lake in person. All the docks are deserted, it is eerie, it looks like life "after the A bomb."
It is going to get grim down there if the rain doesn't pick up.
It was really unbelievable, the pictures don't do it justice. I was at a state park, I looked at the boat launching ramp. This concrete ramp used to run about 100 feet underwater, at the end of it the water was about 8 feet deep. Now the ramp is completely dry. It is 300 feet to the water from the bottom of the ramp.
I saw, about a quarter mile away, what used to be an island. Now it is a peninsula, it is joined by a land bridge to the mainland, and that land bridge is a quarter mile long and 400 feet wide. Bushes and grass are growing on the land bridge.
You can really understand the dire straits that Atlanta is in when you stand at a boat ramp and see this lake in person. All the docks are deserted, it is eerie, it looks like life "after the A bomb."
It is going to get grim down there if the rain doesn't pick up.