After my last post, I put up an entry on Sailboatowners.com, a forum where they have been discussing the severe drought conditions at Lake Lanier in suburban Atlanta. My item simply noted that I wrote about the lake and it invited members to keep us current on the situation.

Bob, a frequent contributor to that site and one of the boaters marooned on Lake Lanier, offered this update.

"Thanks Glen for the the input," he wrote. "That photo in your link was at Aqualand if I am not mistaken and probably "A" dock. The boats on that dock are gone and I believe the dock was moved. As the water recedes many docks at many marinas find themselves partially encircled as land mass starts showing up.

"The photo was a perfect example of what you see when driving around the marinas. You never know though what the form of that exposed land might be. The other photos are more of the private docks belonging to lakeside homeowners who have the capability to move their vessels out into deeper water or until those coves run dry.

"I was up on my boat on Saturday and I was shocked to see that Lanier is worse now then the week before. They moved the floating office and anchored it behind my boat. Several more land masses (islands) were present and it's just sickening to see. Stuff is showing up out of the water now in the way of concrete blocks, tree stumps and land. The angle of the ramp to the dock was too much for my wife to handle (over 60 degrees now), so in a month or so at the current level drop rate, it will be extremely hazardous to venture down to the boat.

"It's in the 70's today, balmy, sunny, record breaking and as forecasted: higher then normal temperatures this season. Weather forecasters have been right-on, so far as the drought and mild winter is concerned. Needless to say, the weather is perfect here for sailing, but we are all stuck now and will continue to be."

Associated PressDrought has hammered Lake Lanier, leaving boaters high and dry.