tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881371404910558997.post604885550137524812..comments2007-11-14T15:51:04.028-05:00Robert Osbornenoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881371404910558997.post-71321024549062082302007-11-14T11:37:00.000-05:002007-11-14T11:37:00.000-05:00Watercrunch: I was moved by your writing about Toccoa Falls and agree it's important to talk about the other big water-management problem -- too much -- even during drought. Every time I speak in South Florida, someone asks how the Army Corps could have been crazy enough to lower Lake Okeechobee -- about a foot and a half, which meant 200 billion gallons out to sea -- right before this epic drought began. The reason Lake O. was so heavily diked in the first place was a hurricane in 1928 that killed 2,500. In October 2005, the Corps was being haunted by not only the images of Hurricane Katrina, but an engineering report on Herbert Hoover Dike that called it a "grave and imminent danger" to human life, and finally a wet-weather forecast. It's easy to second-guess their decision now, but what a grave choice.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to the next installment, and then can't wait to hear Watercrunch's take on Gov. Purdue praying for rain: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-rain14nov14,1,4091139.story?coll=la-news-a_sectionCynthia Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368888705251516769noreply@blogger.com