The next week and a surprise at the Lake

 

I stood on the footbridge and wondered at the tracks left by machinery on the floor of Lake Tomahawk, on Oct. 27, 2020.

Looking towards the lake from the little foot bridge

Some Facebook friends have mentioned the trees that were cut down...it's beyond them (and me) why they took out these healthy trees.

Several earth movers were parked, since the crew had already gone home.

Looking up the stream from the footbridge

There's steady water going across the lake bottom.

From the dam looking north to the Seven Sisters Mountains...notice the mechanism for turning on or off the drainage valve, on the dock-like wooden structure on the right

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This is normally a wet area that drains water over these rocks down a concrete chute beside the dam.

I like this view, looking towards the Blue Ridge Parkway on these distant mountains.

And the workers must not have been able to do much on Thurs, Oct. 29...because Zeta Tropical Storm hit here in the early hours, and was gone by 11 am...leaving trees down and power lines cut, so many residents of Black Mountain were without power for several hours. Mine was only off 1-1/2 hours.

The lake showing the recreation building at noon on Thurs. Oct. 29. The valve draining the lake had been closed. At first I thought the water had gone up to the base of the trees on the left.

There's the little dock with the draining mechanism off the dam, where the photographer was standing. (posted on Facebook.)

And  this shot shows some people walking on the path on the far left, so it must have been above the water line. But the rocks next to that path are not showing.

I will have to go over there again soon and see whether the construction was cleared up before the flood! I am glad the dam held back all this rain-water which came down in our small community so fast. I have friends who live in nice homes below the dam!