[Ron61]

Dan,

In 1977 the lake got the lowest it has ever been since they filled it. I rode a Honda motorcycle way out on one of the baked mud flats and broke through about a half mile out. It took two of us to get that thing out of the mud as it was up to the seat.

The tree line right now is over 100' above the water. And if we don't start getting some rain, I am not sure what they are going to do. They are talking abut shutting down another of the generators to save the water that it takes to run it. Then that will create even more of an electrical shortage than we now have. Everyone is going to hurt from this as the farmers are not getting the water they need and many acres will not even be used if things don't turn around. Also they announced that due to the limited water, some of the fruit and nuts were not going to be as good as usual.

Lassen did get about 3' of snow a couple of weeks ago but that is mostly gone now and is about like peeing on the fires around Santa Barbara and L. A. We need rain and lots of it with a lot of snow in the mountains or things are really going to be bad next Summer. The old Highway 99 bridge in the pictures that I posted showing them trying to move the stranded houseboats is normally under 100' of water.

Ron