Future site of new reservoir.
That old farmhouse near the middle of the picture is where my friends M and J live. When, and if, the proposed new reservoir is built the water level will be 19 feet over the top of their roof. You can see a bit of the creek to be dammed over to the left of the road.
They had a glimpse of what it might be like during the summer. The creek overflowed and came up to within a few feet of their front porch steps. They climbed up over the hill behind the house to safety. That is the same path I took to get to the spot where I took the photo.
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It looks like a beautiful, peaceful valley. I’ve heard of people having to move to make way for highways, but not for reservoirs.
Carol: Done all the time, especially in China.
Look at those great Texan autumn colors. The rusts and russets and tawny golds and live oak green.
As for valleys and towns being swallowed by man-made lakes, think Coen brothers flick, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
MSS: The colors are not as good this autumn as usual. I think it is because there was not much rain in October. The picture was taken on Saturday and since then a cold wind has blown in and the leaves are beginning to fall now.
It looks like there is a haze in the air, but there isn’t. The sun was just out of the camera on the left and it created a glare. It was taken about 5 pm.
Georgia doesn’t have any natural lakes–we only have reservoirs. I guess I take them for granted, never thinking about how back in the day someone probably lived where the water now is. It’s surreal to think that reservoir making is a contemporary feature and not merely historical.
I hope your friends don’t lose their house to “progress.”
Is this reservoir planned to serve a water-hungry city, or to prevent flooding downstream? By and large, I’m in favor of dam-breaking (some of which is going on in my part of the country) rather than dam-making.
Jes: Texas has one natural lake - Caddo, on the border with Louisiana.
Kimberly: It may help a little with flood control but the main reason for the lake is to fuel potential growth of a nearby small town.
Bill, I am not trying to promote my own posts, but I thought you might be interested in a post about the area where I grew up near Junction City, Kansas. It is an odd feeling to think about memories being under water. http://lhanney.blogspot.com/2005/01/land-down-under-milford-lake_31.html
Oh What a pity! Such a pretty little valley!