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Warlockjer
06-16-2006, 06:25 PM
Just came from Windsor, getting my Friday evening entertainment. Within 30 minutes we saw 4 trailers drop off the edge and get ruined. Try to warn people and they just don't want to listen. Screw em!! :yuk:

Not So Fast
06-16-2006, 06:39 PM
I knew i should have come down!! How did the BBQ work last nite? NSF

Warlockjer
06-16-2006, 07:05 PM
Great, thanks. Will be at the office in the A.M. See you there...

vmjtc3
06-16-2006, 08:43 PM
We launched out of windsor on the south ramp last weekend. with no problem. :rollside:

Warlockjer
06-16-2006, 09:13 PM
Key word,LAST weekend. Don't listen, be like the rest. Just trying to help. It's your trailer.. :)

vmjtc3
06-16-2006, 09:44 PM
Key word,LAST weekend. Don't listen, be like the rest. Just trying to help. It's your trailer.. :)
I wont be launching this weekend it was close last weekend and the lake is lower now. But I read it is suposed to be on the rise again

sleekcraft137
06-16-2006, 09:47 PM
take some vids of people screwing up their trailers and post it! Or get some pix. :crossx:

No Name
06-16-2006, 09:52 PM
Key word,LAST weekend. Don't listen, be like the rest. Just trying to help. It's your trailer.. :)
No worries here, won’t be back up there until 8/03. But very good info to know for those who are going or up there now.

H20Advantage
06-16-2006, 10:23 PM
Lake levels 2 feet lower than usual
By BRIAN DiTULLIO
Friday, June 16, 2006 11:57 PM MDT
Photo by Justin Mitcher Levels in Lake Havasu have been reduced two or three feet as a result of releases from Parker Dam, leaving many boaters unexpectedly aground.
Boaters beware. Lake Havasu isn't as deep as it usually is. And it'll be another few weeks before the levels rise back up to normal.
Several boaters have found themselves in the unfortunate position of having to get pulled off of a beach in the last week after unexpectedly running aground in areas that usually are two or three feet deeper.
Public Affairs Specialist Steve Leon with the Bureau of Reclamation said the lake level, usually between 448 and 449 feet of elevation, actually is closer to 446 feet at the moment due to increased releases from the Parker Dam.
“There have been more releases from the Parker Dam for downstream agricultural use than anticipated,” said Leon on Friday.
The Bureau of Reclamation is the federal agency responsible for controlling the flow of the Colorado River through the various dams along its length.
However, Leon said the Bureau has begun pulling more water from Lake Mohave and that Lake Havasu should be up “about a foot” by this coming Thursday and back to its normal level by the beginning of July.
“There should be plenty of water for the Fourth of July,” said Leon, indicating the Bureau was aware that, due to the calendar date of the holiday this year, holiday weekend traffic on the lake could encompass two weekends instead of just one.
“We understand it's not just one weekend,” he said.
Capt. Ken McKinney of Vessel Assist said he has been pulling a lot of people off of the beaches lately, but not just because of this particular event.
“Whenever the lake gets this low, we pull more people out,” he said. “It's relative to the lake level.”
The Bureau warns all Colorado River users to remember that fluctuating river levels may “conceal or create natural hazards such as moving sandbars, gravel bars, unstable riverbanks, floating or submerged debris, or other unfamiliar obstacles.”
You may contact the reporter at ditullio@havasunews.com