I would like to know where you saw information that indicated Barren rose 9 ft. All we have had is some light to steady rain. To raise the lake 9 ft it needs a pretty significant rainfall.
Even with the small amount of rain we got the lake never rose any because they are pulling more out than what came in. Click on this link for lake level. http://barrenriver.uslakes.info/Level.asp It shows the historical level for the last 3 years but you can look at the level for the last 6 years...lake has been on a steady fall for the last 2-3 weeks.