Ga lakes are back for Memorial Day
Georgia’s lakes have recovered from a three-year drought in time for abundant recreation over the Memorial Day weekend - if it only stops raining long enough for people to enjoy them. Even Lake Lanier northeast of Atlanta, which a year ago was 18 feet below full, is expecting crowds of about 300,000.
Published: May 23, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s lakes have recovered from a three-year drought in time for abundant recreation over the Memorial Day weekend - if it only stops raining long enough for people to enjoy them. Even Lake Lanier northeast of Atlanta, which a year ago was 18 feet below full, is expecting crowds of about 300,000.
Lanier is still down about five feet, leaving some swimming areas as sandy beaches.
Clarks Hill Lake, along the Georgia-South Carolina line, is more than five feet higher than last Memorial Day after a wet spring.
The main obstacle to boaters and others enjoying the reservoirs could be continuing rains. The forecast for most of Georgia calls for cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thunderstorms for the next three days.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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