Name:   John C - Subject:   Harry: Water level Date:   3/12/2016 2:52:52 PM

Hey Harry: thanks for the shout out about the Lake Martin Voice App!! Great question.

I pull my water change #s from Alabama Power, which was on Martin Datum (aka the old way to talk about water level. full = 490) rather than Mean Sea Level (full = 491). So if I understand my own app's formula correctly, because I started at Martin Datum, any Delta over that stays Martin Datum.

My thought is that most old school lake folks still think of full pool as 490 rather than 491, and I am old school. However, if I feel that a preponderance of thought leans to 491 I will change.

It's kind of like home sale statistics. I used to run my own, where I filtered waterfront sales and the like. But now the ALA Center for Real Estate is doing it, and so I think their standard is more widespread. So i made the change to use theirs and analyze their numbers rather than make my own. Our numbers arene't so different as to skew analysis anyway.

But while we are at it, I would love if you all downloaded my custom app. It has events, shops, funs, etc., and water level. Let me know what you woudl like to improve about it. I really value the forum members' opinions, as yall gave me the best feedback in the early years of my blog. It's one year old now and time for some clear eyed analyis of its usefulness. Here it is: FREE APP