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Re: Status of Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Drought is over
Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 27, 2008
13.81 ft.
Before Fay: 11.34 ft.
13.81 - 11.34 = 2.47 ft.
Big Thanks to Fay!
13.81 ft.
Before Fay: 11.34 ft.
13.81 - 11.34 = 2.47 ft.
Big Thanks to Fay!
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Re: Status of Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Drought is over
On an interesting side note...ever wonder how much water 16 inches of rainfall equates to over a city wide area? In a discussion with drainage project engineers in debary today they estimated over 80,000,000 gallons of water fell in the area.
Imagine how much water fell across the state last week!
Imagine how much water fell across the state last week!
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 28, 2008
14.02 ft.
Thanks Fay!
Hanna, stay away, we don't need you!!
14.02 ft.
Thanks Fay!
Hanna, stay away, we don't need you!!
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level passes 14 ft
Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 29, 2008
14.13 ft.
Fay gone but the lake continues to go up!
14.13 ft.
Fay gone but the lake continues to go up!
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 30, 2008
14.24 ft.
Continues to increase.
14.24 ft.
Continues to increase.
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 31, 2008
14.35 ft.
14.35 ft.
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level above average
Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 01, 2008
14.50 ft.
Now the level is about one fourth feet above average and flooding could become a problem depending how close Hanna comes to central and northern Florida. I think the water management will take about a foot of water from the lake. The levees are weak.
14.50 ft.
Now the level is about one fourth feet above average and flooding could become a problem depending how close Hanna comes to central and northern Florida. I think the water management will take about a foot of water from the lake. The levees are weak.
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level above average
Officials will decide Tuesday on water release from Lake Okeechobee
By Tyler Treadway
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Army Corps of Engineers will decide Tuesday whether to release water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Canal and eventually into the St. Lucie River estuary.
Lake Okeechobee water also could be released into the Caloosahatchee River west of the lake.
Andrew Geller, a senior hydraulic engineer at the Corp’s headquarters in Jacksonville, said forecasts for tropical storms Gustav and Hanna will play a major role in the decision.
“If the weather forecasters could tell us right now what’s going to happen with those two tropical storms out there right now, we could answer the question (of whether there will be releases).”
Luis Alejandro, the Corp’s manager of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River Basin, said other factors going into the decision include the lake’s level, the amount of local runoff remaining in canals from Tropical Storm Fay and the condition of the estuary.
Geller said the decision will be made late Tuesday; Alejandro said that if discharges are approved, they would begin immediately after the decision is made.
Geller said the discharges would range from 1,1700 to 1,800 cubic feet per second, depending on the amount of local runoff already in the canal.
“The rule of thumb is to get rid of the local runoff first,” he said, adding that Corps officials are hoping the local runoff has dwindled enough by Tuesday to allow discharges from the lake.
Geller said the Corps policy is to “try to get the lake maintained with small releases first so there’s less probability of high releases in the future.”
The Corps’ target operating levels for the lake are between 12.5 and 15.5 ft, which is a safe range for the Herbert Hoover Dike structure, Geller said.
The lake level was 14.02 feet Thursday morning. In the last week, the lake has risen 1.8 feet because of rain from Tropical Storm Fay.
By Tyler Treadway
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Army Corps of Engineers will decide Tuesday whether to release water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Canal and eventually into the St. Lucie River estuary.
Lake Okeechobee water also could be released into the Caloosahatchee River west of the lake.
Andrew Geller, a senior hydraulic engineer at the Corp’s headquarters in Jacksonville, said forecasts for tropical storms Gustav and Hanna will play a major role in the decision.
“If the weather forecasters could tell us right now what’s going to happen with those two tropical storms out there right now, we could answer the question (of whether there will be releases).”
Luis Alejandro, the Corp’s manager of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River Basin, said other factors going into the decision include the lake’s level, the amount of local runoff remaining in canals from Tropical Storm Fay and the condition of the estuary.
Geller said the decision will be made late Tuesday; Alejandro said that if discharges are approved, they would begin immediately after the decision is made.
Geller said the discharges would range from 1,1700 to 1,800 cubic feet per second, depending on the amount of local runoff already in the canal.
“The rule of thumb is to get rid of the local runoff first,” he said, adding that Corps officials are hoping the local runoff has dwindled enough by Tuesday to allow discharges from the lake.
Geller said the Corps policy is to “try to get the lake maintained with small releases first so there’s less probability of high releases in the future.”
The Corps’ target operating levels for the lake are between 12.5 and 15.5 ft, which is a safe range for the Herbert Hoover Dike structure, Geller said.
The lake level was 14.02 feet Thursday morning. In the last week, the lake has risen 1.8 feet because of rain from Tropical Storm Fay.
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level above average
Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 02, 2008
14.60 ft.
14.60 ft.
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I wonder what would happen to the lake level if we all ran our sprinklers for 24 hours?
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 04, 2008
14.75 ft.
Looking at Hanna at the moment I would wait to drain the lake. But since Ike is right on its heals, maybe a foot of water should be drained to keep the lake's levees from too much stress.
14.75 ft.
Looking at Hanna at the moment I would wait to drain the lake. But since Ike is right on its heals, maybe a foot of water should be drained to keep the lake's levees from too much stress.
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level above average
sprink52 wrote:I wonder what would happen to the lake level if we all ran our sprinklers for 24 hours?
During daytime most of the water will be evaporated by the Sun and during nighttime most of it will go back to the the ground. Of course, the lake levels would decrease.
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yeah, we are pretty upset about this as well. Seems they are going to be draining it over the next 11 days. Said that if we get hit with another storm the levees might break. Well, I was hoping they could at least be smart about it, but to be draining it for 11 days? Tells me they aren't. The only hope is where they want to feed it to is already high so to prevent flooding there they will have to take it extremely slow.
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/669520.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/669520.html
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 05, 2008
14.78 ft.
14.78 ft.
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Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 07, 2008
15.07 ft.
15.07 ft.
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Re: Lake Okeechobee (Post-Fay) - Lake level passes 15 ft
Lake Okeechobee water level as of Sep 08, 2008
15.10 ft.
15.10 ft.
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