A drop of 17 feet can mean a drastic change in how the lake looks out here. There's a lot of exposed shoreline. |
And it goes down through the dam and the water spins the turbine that helps create the power. |
If these [dry] conditions continue we could be looking at Lake Travis going down another 20 feet or so by the spring. That would be a substantial change in the geography of this lake and people just need to be prepared that that could happen. |