Flooding more obvious at Sunset Marina

Friday, April 1

The water at Sunset Marina is just beginning to look like it's high. At the north end of the parking lot for the 100 and 200 docks the water is starting to move onto the pavement and the approach to the 200 Dock is covered. On the West side of the lot the water is about a dozen feet or more past the concrete parking bumpers. The pair of geese that have been patrolling the shoreline have given up and left.

When I was at the marina Friday the water was hitting 15.8 feet -- it has just .4  of a foot to go before it crests, probably Tuesday, at 16.2. It could stay that high for as long as four to six weeks. During this entire time we will be vulnerable to above normal rains that could push it high, fast.

All around Lake Potter the high water is becoming more obvious: More of the beginning of the walking path is covered, as is a section near the fuel dock for the marina; water is higher in the parking lot across the road from the east launching ramp, and about two-thirds of the north parking ramp is covered. The launching dock for the east ramp, which had been moved close enough to shore to allow a dry access, is now about two feet from the water's edge.

And the marina's parking lot -- just over a week ago covered in boats -- now has fewer than two dozen waiting to be launched and most of those aren't ready for the water yet.