This is looking at the tailwater going out of the Dam.
This is currently at 24,000 cu. ft/Second. They are going to raise it to 40,000 cu. ft/Second as soon as they get this earth work done to try to protect the power station. Today there is over 54,000 cu ft/second estimated coming in and the lake is already higher than in '93. It went up 12 ft in 72 hrs.  Here's a picture from away showing the floodgates and the lake in the background. Normally there's a huge band of rock around the lake. The bathrooms at Spalding beach are up to the soffits.
For those familiar with the area. Here's a picture of Blackjack Marina. Normally you walk Waaayyyyy down to get there, in fact, there's a lower parking lot under water. Not today.
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