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Originally Posted by jrc
I'm probably one of the people you are all complaining about. But let me tell you my side of the story.
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I have the same sympathy for people who have property damage, as I do for people you build too close to the ocean.
Dams and other human devices have only a limited ability to control nature. The lake will flood every few years. Prepare for it. Don't expect the entire lake to shutdown for you.
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Man, this is
so beyond ignorant on
so many levels that I really shouldn't respond. I should get up and walk away from the computer now.
Have you considered the many docks that sustained considerable ice damage last winter?
(Obviously, no,) Believe it or not, SOME of those docks are owned by folks who've not yet returned to the Lake, or who have not yet had time (or secured the permits) to make the necessary repairs. Factor in some exceptionally high water and UNNECESSARY wake action, and the damage is compounded. We had some major ice damage at our place, and have begun the process to make the repairs. It happens -- like high water and wind-generated wave action. But such repairs require wetlands impact permits, etc. It takes time. Lots of time. Lots of money, too.
I was on the Lake in May and June of 1984, when the water went way over the docks. There was no NWZ imposed then, and for much of the time the Lake remained blissfully calm. And those few boats on the Lake during the period kept the speeds down and wakes to a minimum. Know why? It was Good old-fashioned
common sense and
courtesy in a small (perhaps symbolic or
-gasp!- neighborly) attempt to do what we could. It wasn't "all about us."
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that attitudes such as jrc's are more often the rule than the exception these days. But, hey, to each his own. Live free and kiss my butt.