Still Worried About The Lake Level?

[Alton Bay Resident]

For everyone complaining about the LOW lake level.... tell the guys at Lakeport they can open the dam again...

[SAMIAM]

Talk about feast or famine.......Winnisquam is up 8 to 10 inches and overflowing in some low lying areas. The little stream next to my house is now a raging rapids....yikes!

[ITD]

Time to call another meeting and beat the dam guys up for the lake being to high, lake at season average now, more rain on the way. Kind of like the Global Warming thing, wait a little while and it will change. BTW, I was kidding about beating up the dam guys, I think they do a great job.

[Bizer]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Winnisquam is up 8 to 10 inches ...

The brunt of the rainfall has been along a line from Lawrence to Manchester to Lebanon. At this time

• Winnipesaukee up 7"
• Sunapee up 12"
• Squam up 13"
• Newfound up 23"
• Merrimack river in Manchester up six feet

UPDATE - MONDAY, 15-MAy-06 - The highest rainfall was about 30 miles southwest of Winnipesaukee. Between Concord and Sunapee, they received more than twice the rain that we have at Winnipesaukee. Here are some updated figures:

• Winnipesaukee up 12:
• Sunapee up 18"
• Squam up 15" (They've opened up their dam so it's crested there)
• Newfound up 35"
• Merrimack River in Concord up 9 feet (one foot over flood stage)
• Merrimack River in Manchester up 15 feet(9 feet over flood stage)

And ... It's still raining

[Alton Bay Bob]

After watching the lake rise over 5 inches and the rocks all disappear I figured I could stop worrying about the low water levels. Those dam operators are geniuses!
I then drove down 28 to Hookset. There were several places where the water was over the road. In Hookset, 28 bypass and route 3 were closed. Thankfully the GPS found a way on to 93.. (101 in Bedford also closed)
Even the interstates were dangerous.. Please everyone.... be careful out there. Now home in Mass watching our rivers peaking

[fatlazyless]

Hellooooooooo rain, and goodbye and good riddance to all that miserable, irritating, dry yellow dusty stuff that has been floating around in the air for the last couple of weeks. Good bye and good riddance to the pollen, and please don't return anytime soon. Here's to a great big, mile long plume of yellow pollen suspended in the water as you cruise along the east side of Rattlesnake Island with its' steep embankment and many trees. In the lake, and not in the air, is where pollen belongs.

After this year's pollen, the June black flies should be about as easy as drinking a beer. ....salud!

[Cal]

See , I told you. Remember , you heard it here first

My post of 4/30/06

Originally Posted by Cal

Mother Nature , historically , seems to equal herself out sooner or later. Case in point , last falls excess of rain that was let go down stream in order to maintain winter level. Now it's too dry. Relax , before you know it you will be up to your gills in water again.
It will probably wait till prime tourist season and rain like last fall

[ApS]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

"...After this year's pollen, the June black flies should be about as easy as drinking a beer. ....salud!"

June black flies? They've been "out there" all May. But, according to this, it's not over yet: