Lake elevations

[Stein]

Well, at least they took us off of the drought monitor since yesterday...so we got that going for us.  Where is the roll eyes emoticon?

[176champion]

It's 933.13 now at 24:00 hours

[Rodmaker]

Just a thought. I know that the dams (and lakes) were built for flood control. What would happen if all of the structures were not in place?  What would be the effects of the surrounding areas after a storm like this?

[rps]

8 minutes ago, Rodmaker said:

Just a thought. I know that the dams (and lakes) were built for flood control. What would happen if all of the structures were not in place?  What would be the effects of the surrounding areas after a storm like this?

Before the dams, the White River was used as a travel way for part of each year. Steamboats traveled from the Mississippi River as far as Missouri. The old bridge at Cotter was designed to pivot on the center post to allow boat passage. The abandoned hotel in the old part of that town sat near the train station and the port on the river.

The cotton and rice farmers of the Arkansas delta were strong supporters of flood control, and for a long time, the primary group protected in water release control.

[moguy1973]

30 minutes ago, Rodmaker said:

Just a thought. I know that the dams (and lakes) were built for flood control. What would happen if all of the structures were not in place?  What would be the effects of the surrounding areas after a storm like this?

It would look like what we have up here in St. Louis on the Meramec which isn't held back by dams.  Although levees have really played a big part in the past couple decades on how high the river really gets in places upstream from those levees.  It's why we are having record floods year after year now.

[Woody55555]

934 and still climbing.... will it get to 935?

[dtrs5kprs]

7 hours ago, Stein said:

Well, at least they took us off of the drought monitor since yesterday...so we got that going for us.  Where is the roll eyes emoticon?

[dblades]

I think power generation has almost as much to do with lake levels as flood control these days. Water that doesn't go thru the turbine is considered wasted.  

[abkeenan]

2 hours ago, Woody55555 said:

934 and still climbing.... will it get to 935?

934.24 and still climbing. Up .11 the last hour. 

[terryj1024]

I was born in Branson lived there most of my life. I now live up around Republic seems like the flooding is happening more often I hate to say it but one day we will probably see 942.