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More Lake Travis drought

Posted on September 15, 2009 | Comments Off on More Lake Travis drought

Debilitating-drought-to-continue-in-South-O1RJ8LA-x-largeThe upper end of Cypress Creek Arm, at Anderson Mill Marina on Lake Travis, is a boat-and-float-filled pasture.

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Lake Travis drought

Posted on September 15, 2009 | Comments Off on Lake Travis drought

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This sloop (probably full of water from the recent rains thanks to the open hatch) and the two sloops behind it were abandoned at Anderson Mill Marina, apparently because the owners weren’t paying their slip rent. The rest of the boats, and the docks, were moved out toward the main basin where there’s more water. I haven’t seen this part of the lake, called Cypress Creek Arm, this low in twenty-four years. It’s going to take at least two or three flash floods to bring this back to normal.

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Seedy cruise ship

Posted on August 15, 2009 | Comments Off on Seedy cruise ship

I habitually avoid enterprises that charge for water, as all cruise ships do. In fact, having heard the expression "cruise ship prices" this doesn’t really surprise. Sounds awful. Especially the lack of soda pop machines. How declasse can you get?

Via Simply Jews.

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Wooden Boat

Posted on July 26, 2009 | Comments Off on Wooden Boat

Building, launching and sailing a wooden Catboat on Lake Travis. Since she draws just thirty inches, this year’s drought is of little concern. I’m envious.

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Lake Travis’s better days

Posted on July 17, 2009 | Comments Off on Lake Travis’s better days

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A familiar view, from my sailing days, coming out of Cypress Creek Arm into the main basin. Heading west. Lake’s much lower than this now, but it’ll come back. It always has, AGW and other doomsday predictions to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Plummeting Lake Travis

Posted on July 16, 2009 | Comments Off on Plummeting Lake Travis

All our triple digit days means the big lake in the Highlands chain is dropping 1.5 to 2 feet a week now, according to the LCRA:

1) 614.18′ set in August of 1951
2) 615.02′ set in November of 1963
3) 636.58′ set in October of 1984
4) 640.08′ set on July 13, 2009 639.53 set on July 17, 2009 (and falling)
5) 640.24′ set in October of 2000

But, as you can see, there’s still a long ways to go before it’s hitting real record territory. Some slight fauna and flora relief is in sight for the weekend, but probably nothing meaningful for the lake.

Via KVUE’s Mark Murray.

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Lake Travis still falling

Posted on July 8, 2009 | Comments Off on Lake Travis still falling

The lake she is sinking like a stone, two feet lower than at the link there which was a week ago. I mean fifty-one percent of capacity? Whoa. On the other hand, we’ve been here before, just three years ago, in fact, and it’s not yet as low as it was in 2000. The important thing to remember about Texas, folks, is that, for us, drought is normal.

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