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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
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Earlier this season, photos were placed here concerning backyard "roaring rapids". I wonder what's upstream from there?...
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That was probably my photos and comments. Upstream from my house are four houses, a fire pond with a house on its banks, a couple of homes near Alton Mt Road, then the state forest and land on the mountains behind the town of Alton.
In order for trees and grasses to absorb water, there has to be some absorbtion capability in the soil. With the volume of rain we had, twice, that capability was eliminated, and all that could happen is a run off to the lowest point in the neighborhood...which in this area happens to be Lake Winnipesaukee.
Has building increases, use of phosphates near the lake and its tributaries, and increased boat traffic contributed to the clouding of the lake. I'm sure it has. However the amount of rain we incurred in the area in a very short period of time would have overwhelmed the land regardless.
And having three years in the last 25 or so with "record" high lake heights is simply Mother Nature's way of reminding us of who's really in charge!
