Okeechobee and low water!

[buzzking]

The drought hasn't helped matters but all those lakes are dry mostly due to the fact they drew them down last year for hurricane season and the hurricanes didn't happen. If they would just leave mother nature alone she would have plenty water in the lakes but got to keep from inconviencing a few if the lakes were to rise a little.

[DJD]

Seems like a good thing in the long run. If the bottom stays exposed and starts to dry out the muck, maybe the new hard bottom will support weeds and grasses. Remember that years ago the lake was so full of muck that it was killing the vegetation especially since the hurricanes turned the lake over and over? The huge fields of pencil reeds and cattails have been disappearing for years maybe this will expedite the renewal process?