Eastern Lake Outfall [merged threads]

[justhavinfun]

The sand that "Got Added" is still there and in the front of the lake outfall and that is why the lake fails to open and close naturally..

 

[Dawn]

The sand that "Got Added" is still there and in the front of the lake outfall and that is why the lake fails to open and close naturally..

That makes no sense. The first time the lake opened after the sand was added, the lake outflow reached sea level. Maybe some sand washed back into the outflow channel but the lake has opened many times in the last ten years. How could that sand still be blocking the outflow?

And LV2 I am upset that the sand was added years ago and about the stupid signs.

 

[Lake View Too]

Dawn, because of the sand deposit, a dam was formed that diverted the path of the inlet significantly more westward than normal. The longer and more winding the channel gets, the less likely it will break out on a normal interval and less likely that sea water will backflow into the lake and keep the salinity levels at the level the lake has thrived at for years. The sand that was deposited is still there and packed down through the years.

 

[Dawn]

Dawn, because of the sand deposit, a dam was formed that diverted the path of the inlet significantly more westward than normal. The longer and more winding the channel gets, the less likely it will break out on a normal interval and less likely that sea water will backflow into the lake and keep the salinity levels at the level the lake has thrived at for years. The sand that was deposited is still there and packed down through the years.

Didn't the county dig the channel in the "right place" before at least once? If so then the sand was already gone. If not then it is gone now. You can't have it both ways. You can't have a channel in the "right place" and have sand blocking the channel in the "right place". Because the lake and gulf reach equilibrium when opened. The lake reaches sea level.

 

[Lake View Too]

The county has not been able to dig the channel in the right place since 2002. The owner that deposited the sand has threatened to sue the county ever since. The previous owner didn't care. The owner that deposited the sand, and the current owner, who installed the posts, has plans to build on that property. Their whole game has been to try to build a dune where none has ever been before, for the sole purpose of building a monster house or two.

 

[Dawn]

Building a dune to put a house on top. What is wrong with this picture?

 

[Lake View Too]

The saga continues... A bulldozer chopped up the dune, late last night, to make way for a propane tank. What's wrong with this picture?

 

[Jimmy T]

Has somebody called the county about the destruction of the dune here?

 

[Lake View Too]

Oh yeah! The pitchforks are being sharpened as we speak.

 

[Jimmy T]

Oh yeah! The pitchforks are being sharpened as we speak.

Good! And thanks!