Is There Nothing That Can Be Done??

[tjm]

2 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

It has to do with the volume of water is each lake and how each can release it. 

Another one tryin to drag in facts, we don't need no stinkin facts;  this is the internet!!!

 

 

I'm sure that somewhere there is a directive stating how every predictable circumstance is to be handled, probably dating to the initial planing stages of each lake, and that directive may have been changed through the years as the reality of some of those scenarios  came to be and the actions of the plan  either was successful or wanted improvement. In any of these "flood control" impoundments the key to management is at the end of the flow, I guess that means in this case the Mississippi River Delta and every body upstream from that end goal just has to adjust.

I have noticed over many years that  most people don't think about how stupid the engineers are when they are speeding down an engineered freeway in an engineered vehicle or talking on an engineered cell phone. I reckon this forum wouldn't exist without the work of hundreds of engineers.

[GENTLE]

[Quillback]

Beaver being high is not a bad thing.  Ramps and parks are still useable.  High water provide more cover for the fish.   

[snagged in outlet 3]

16 hours ago, GENTLE said:

Umm, well that was just one instance, ranging from laying utility lines to residential and commercial construction, I've had my fair share of dealing with engineers and architects. Their ideas and designs aren't always in touch with reality. But if you want to keep your head in the sand, and just accept whatever line you've been told, that's your right to do so. Several of you guys say high water in our lakes only effects recreational activities, but tell that to the folks out at Lead Hill, people that make their living directly from Bull, ask them how having the lake 40ft high every summer effects their livelihood. I will keep on with my ignorant rants.

You still haven’t told me the adverse affects of high water on the lakes but you keep bringing it up.  What are they?

[GENTLE]

Boat dealerships, mechanics, marina owners, alot will tell you business is half when lakes are flooded. Heck the BPT cancelled on Grand cause of high water and stayed a Table Rock, while I'm sure it helped the folks around Table Rock, I'm sure it affected someone, somewhere on Grand. If someone wanted to put a day of research into it, I bet they could find plenty of instances were high water has an economic impact, but that wont be me, I'm not a numbers guy, I just spout ignorant rants.

[GENTLE]

Hell, the ENTIRE region was flooded this summer, except at...... yep you guessed it TR!!

[Basfis]

So, the lake that the COE built was high which hurt businesses that exist because the lake was built? I’m guessing the engineers you disdain have similar sentiments. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

3 hours ago, GENTLE said:

Hell, the ENTIRE region was flooded this summer, except at...... yep you guessed it TR!!

Maybe you should go to Tablerock.  

[Phil Lilley]

10 hours ago, GENTLE said:

Hell, the ENTIRE region was flooded this summer, except at...... yep you guessed it TR!!

That's because the rains missed the watershed... not by much.

[Phil Lilley]

Oh yeah... when the water is high here, my business suffers-- in the short run.  High water,  though, does help our trout fishery (most of the time).  We get shad and other things from TR that make us anglers happy.  And it does help move gravel around which I believe helps the bug population (scuds, sow bugs, midges).

But yes, when out-of-towners hear "flood gates" they think flood and cancel reservations or don't come.  Also, flooded areas in KS, OK and AR - those people didn't take vacations so tourism is down.

Shane Bush did tell me that the crappie on BS should be awesome this year.  BS's been high 3 years in a row so the spawn should have been excellent.  We'll see.