Lake Okeechobee: Lake-O is back to normal mode

[Ed Mahmoud]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 03, 2009

13.62 ft.

Lake level rising-- how much water can the levees hold back and protect Belle Glade?

[HURAKAN]

Lake level rising-- how much water can the levees hold back and protect Belle Glade?

I have heard or read that the lake is ok as long the water level remains between 12 and 15 feet. Below 12 would be considered drought and above 15 the levees would be at risk of collapse.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 04, 2009

13.63 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 05, 2009

13.64 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 06, 2009

13.65 ft.

[vbhoutex]

Has there been any official word on how high they are going to allow the lake to get?

[StormTracker]

Has there been any official word on how high they are going to allow the lake to get?

No, but I think they are re-thinking their strategy this summer as compared to last summer! I think they know we south floridians don't appreciate being punished for their bad decisions!!!

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 07, 2009

13.67 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 08, 2009

13.71 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 09, 2009

13.76 ft.

Quite a big jump!

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 10, 2009

13.78 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 11, 2009

13.82 ft.

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 12, 2009

13.87 ft.

[Aquawind]

Thing is...one big slow hurricane next week and they would be too late to keep the lake below 15ft even if they started releasing now...it's not easy...24" in say 24 hours and then we have the sheet flow from the north to deal with after the rainfall overhead. Kinda scary...

[HURAKAN]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 13, 2009

13.88 ft.

[StormTracker]

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 14, 2009

13.90 ft.

[Aquawind]

Hmm looks to be close to 14' and then a serious storm/cane or 2 headed for the center of the state at this point..The lake is going to be filled to the brim.

[StormTracker]

Hmm looks to be close to 14' and then a serious storm/cane or 2 headed for the center of the state at this point..The lake is going to be filled to the brim.

Yeah, I was thinking about that last night/early this morning! I'm sure the ACoE is think-tanking on overtime this weekend about what to do!!!

Lake Okeechobee water level as of Aug 15, 2009

13.90 ft.
Hmmm, same as yesterday!!!

[Aquawind]

This may be short-lived, but Lake Okeechobee is in rare form today. It has rebounded perfectly from the 2004 hurricanes and the record-breaking, two-year drought that began in 2006.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090 ... 15025/1075

Good News for the lake for a change...I would be nice if it stayed that way.

[DanKellFla]

Same article, but on one page.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/ ... _0816.html

Under the corps' newly preferred water levels, the lake will reach about 15.5 feet in January and recede over the course of the dry season to 12.5 feet in June. That's essentially what happened in the past year.

I guess that answer the question. If it works out that way, that would be nice.