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Lake Norman low lake levels!

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Due to a spring drought Lake Norman has been about 5 feet below full pool! We've been doing a lot of traveling but we haven't even had our boat out! You see stumps and crap sticking out all over and just don't feel safe. We've lived here for 11 years now!1781709023840.jpeg
 

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Wow - 5’ low! I can appreciate your apprehension on getting out on the boat with the obstacles. Sounds unnerving.
 
I'm going to assume Big Kahuna, that in your avatar, it seems you're either from or in North Carolina, correct? Well, then using my serious power of deduction, (and with the help of Google maps!) that lake Norman is also in North Carolina, correct? Well, we're out here on the Mars landscape of Lake Havasu in western Arizona and our news comes from Phoenix. And from what we've been seeing lately, as in the last few days, is that it appears that the almost the entire eastern seaboard and almost from east Texas to there, that it's been flooding and hurricanes, tornadoes and what not and to me, that means that, if, IF you've gotten any of that bad weather, that your lake Norman should, I SAY should, be rising back up to full pool sometime soon. At least that's my guesstimate. I could be way off here (imagine that!) and maybe your are has not seen any of the bad weather that's been reported to us here.
Scott
 
In Michigan, my launch was delayed 5-6 weeks due to flooding. There are still many boating restrictions and obstacles in the water.
 
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I'm going to assume Big Kahuna, that in your avatar, it seems you're either from or in North Carolina, correct? Well, then using my serious power of deduction, (and with the help of Google maps!) that lake Norman is also in North Carolina, correct? Well, we're out here on the Mars landscape of Lake Havasu in western Arizona and our news comes from Phoenix. And from what we've been seeing lately, as in the last few days, is that it appears that the almost the entire eastern seaboard and almost from east Texas to there, that it's been flooding and hurricanes, tornadoes and what not and to me, that means that, if, IF you've gotten any of that bad weather, that your lake Norman should, I SAY should, be rising back up to full pool sometime soon. At least that's my guesstimate. I could be way off here (imagine that!) and maybe your are has not seen any of the bad weather that's been reported to us here.
Scott
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Yup we're in North Carolina right above Charlotte and we've been in a pretty serious drought pretty much all spring! Oh sure it's rained here and there but not enough to make a dent in the water shortage! That bad weather front that you're talking about is pretty much staying to our south! We've had a couple good downpours then it's gone 2 or 3 weeks without any measurable precipitation! If this keeps up we might not take the boat out this year!
 
I feel for you, Big K. We were in the same boat here on Lake Murray until a month ago. Had about two weeks of heavy rain west of us in our watershed and the lake came up over two feet quickly. We're still a little low for this time of year but it is so much better. Hope you get back to normal soon.

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Roger that Sir, thanks for getting back here on that. Glad to hear/see you're ok in all that ugly weather but sad to hear about your lake. Our particular lake, lake Havasu, along with lake Meade and lake Mohave in Las Vegas area and Lake Powel in Utah and AZ region are all fed by the Colorado river and Meade, Powell and Mohave are down considerably due to lack of rain in the whole western region of the US but our lake is by law, not allowed to drop more than a foot or two for farming and agricultural reasons.
Scott
 
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