It seems we have identified the ultimate boss on water flows at Lake Thurmond; at least for the current scenario. Hopefully that can be changed with legislation in the future but until it is we need for everyone to:
1) sign the petition put out by "Save Our Lakes Now". If you don't know where to find one, go to www.saveourlakesnow.com.
2) write mary.glackin@noaa.gov explaining why she needs to back off the throttle on lake releases and at the very least return the flows to 3100cfs. It was the decision of the NOAA to increase flows from 3100cfs back to 3600cfs. If the flows are held at this level for much longer we are doomed for this summer.
If you want first hand knowledge of what is happening come to the meeting in Lincolnton on Tuesday Feb 17th. Hopefully by then we will know whether the NOAA will honor our requests for lower flows.
Beyond this it would seem that we are going to have to either get concrete help from our political leaders or initiate a law suit to stop the destruction of our lakes. If you wonder how much the cost of all this madness is to the area, a conservative estimate of what it has done to property values, business losses, and damages around the lakes is over a billion dollars.
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