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Draper Lake outfall breach - story and photos
- Thread starter baybabe
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kimbug
Beach Lover
I also witnessed this at Deer Lake when I was there about 10 days ago. It was a man and what appeared to be his son. There were people telling them to stop but of course, they did not listen. I agree with Miss Kitty about tourists needing some sort of permits or beach training. Seriously, why can't people just enjoy nature without feeling the need to somehow alter it?
Matt J
SWGB
Call the cops and starting filling in behind them!
But what about the safety of the children swept out to sea? In a storm, they would not have been there, this was caused by children, and endangered children
Allifunn
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
Perhaps a sign should be posted right at the edge of the lake stating that digging towards the gulf can cause serious consequences. I am sure the kids had no clue.
A few months ago, the lake opened up to the gulf on it's own. I did not get to see the access at the time, but Tootsie told me it was beautiful!
A few months ago, the lake opened up to the gulf on it's own. I did not get to see the access at the time, but Tootsie told me it was beautiful!
crowedaddy
Beach Comber
Kids digging a trench between Draper Lake and the Gulf? This looks shady to me...I suspect Draper Lake property owners looking to boost their recently impaired values by opening up Draper Lake so they can call it Gulf front property!!!
drivingtheview
Beach Lover
This should not happen, but kids are kids. Someone said it earlier: where are the freakin parents?? As far as the ecosystem goes, I don't believe much damage is done when a couple of kids can take a small shovel to create a breach. Now the houses built on and all around that lake-that is another ecosystem question too late to answer.
Phillip
One Hand Clapping
During my former life of working on these lakes, I have seen this happen at Draper (and a few other lakes as well) a few times. Draper lake seems to be situated at a slightly higher elevation than some of the other lakes, so when it breaks, it really flows.....It is illegal to manually open the lakes, but no one seems interested in enforcing it. Especially when it pertains to hot pink plastic hand shovels. The county at one point was going to put signs at all of the outlets educating people on this subject. Not sure what happened......
DavidD
Beach Fanatic
Maybe there needs to be a community beach watch group, so when an uneducated person does something like that and is unresponsive to a single polite suggestion to quit, the group could call in other members for a larger peaceful intervention. Not a riotous group with torches and pitch forks, but sometimes being faced with a group will make a person listen better than to just one person. Although torches and pitchforks could be effective also.