Dock Damage

rgilfert · 06-05-2012, 04:59 AM

I was reading this morning in the Manchester Union Leader that 3.7" of rain has fallen in the Lakes Region since Jun 2 and that there are numerous instances where damage has been done to docks in the area due to high water levels and wave/wake action. I vaguely remember reading a few years ago that it is possible (as unbelievable as it seems to me) that Winnipesaukee can be lowered by 1" in a twenty four hour period via the Winnipesaukee river (?). I wasn't at the lake last weekend however observed the previous weekend that the bottom of my cantilevered dock on Rattlesnake was only 3+ inches above the lake's surface at that time...so obviously I'm concerned. Have the floodgates in Paugus Bay been opened? Does anyone know what the current lake level is (or how I can find out) and how much it has risen since Memorial Day weekend? Have the winds been high on the lake throughout this period?

06-05-2012, 04:59 AM	#1
rgilfert Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Bedford, NH / Rattlesnake Island Posts: 299 Thanks: 152 Thanked 227 Times in 57 Posts	Dock Damage I was reading this morning in the Manchester Union Leader that 3.7" of rain has fallen in the Lakes Region since Jun 2 and that there are numerous instances where damage has been done to docks in the area due to high water levels and wave/wake action. I vaguely remember reading a few years ago that it is possible (as unbelievable as it seems to me) that Winnipesaukee can be lowered by 1" in a twenty four hour period via the Winnipesaukee river (?). I wasn't at the lake last weekend however observed the previous weekend that the bottom of my cantilevered dock on Rattlesnake was only 3+ inches above the lake's surface at that time...so obviously I'm concerned. Have the floodgates in Paugus Bay been opened? Does anyone know what the current lake level is (or how I can find out) and how much it has risen since Memorial Day weekend? Have the winds been high on the lake throughout this period?