From Steve and Bev Allen this morning, some facts about what is destined to become known as "the summer of the heap big waters" here at Indian Joe's headquarters:

Jane,

My son Doug is a Hydrogeologist. I asked him: "Given that the surface area of Joe's Pond is 396 acres, how many total gallons would there be if an inch of rain fell on the Pond?" His answer: "One inch of rise in JP is equivalent to 10.8 million gallons of water. "

Since my rain gauge shows a month to date total of 9.71" of rain, that's a heckuva a lot of water over the dam!

Think of all that water pouring through the narrows and over the dam 24/7 - lots of power there! Thanks, Steve and Bev, for sending this to us.