Ed McPike had a few shots from the Labor Day hurricane (many thanks Ed!)
I wanted to post them because people always say to me "I've never seen
the river so high!" or "I've never seen it so low." Well
I'm here to tell you folks I've seen it 3 feet over the dock a couple of
times and I've seen all the boats sitting in mud before. This is God's hand
and it's important to look at it that way. This fall I had people trying
to move to deeper water because these cold fronts would come through and
the northwest wind would blow all the water out of the river. The point
is, this is the Lord's way of telling you the season is coming to a close,
that we don't live in Florida, and even if you could get out you'd probably
run aground anyway.
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In that vein I'd like to report that our Jim Ball (yes, that's THE Jim Ball) has started a campaign to get the river channel dredged. The channel should maintain 7' at mean low, and there are some spots that, although they're fine in the summer, showed their butts to us this winter. We fully support Jim in his efforts, as do most of the marinas and towing services on the river, and will keep you updated.