Closings Archives - Lake Allatoona Sun, 01 May 2016 23:01:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 https://lakeallatoona.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-lakeallatoona-logo-e1462124129908-300x300.jpg Closings Archives - Lake Allatoona 32 32 USACE Flood Risk Statement for Lake Allatoona https://lakeallatoona.com/201530/usace-flood-risk-statement-for-lake-allatoona?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usace-flood-risk-statement-for-lake-allatoona Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:23:55 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=8148

Deputy Public Affairs Officer for the USACE Lisa Parker released a flood risk statement, due to the potential for flooding from recent rains.]]>
Update: Fire at Lake Allatoona Dam https://lakeallatoona.com/201420/update-fire-lake-allatoona-dam?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-fire-lake-allatoona-dam Tue, 20 May 2014 21:18:06 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=7669

Lisa Parker of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a statement on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, regarding the fire that took place in the powerhouse at the Lake Allatoona Dam on the afternoon of Monday, May 19th. USACE had scheduled a power outage in order to perform repairs to the “switchyard,” according to […]]]>
Fire at Lake Allatoona Dam https://lakeallatoona.com/201419/fire-lake-allatoona-dam?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fire-lake-allatoona-dam Tue, 20 May 2014 00:02:50 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=7663

An estimated 40 firefighters were called just before 4:45 PM on Monday, May 19, 2014, to fight a fire at the power house at the Lake Allatoona dam, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News says officials told them “work was being done at the power station Monday and […]]]>
DOT: “Stay Put! Don’t Drive” (2-12-14) https://lakeallatoona.com/201412/dot-stay-put-dont-drive-2-12-14?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dot-stay-put-dont-drive-2-12-14 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:02:52 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=7530

Georgia is closed.  A State of Emergency has been declared for 91 counties in the state. More than 60,000 customers in Atlanta are without power. Roads are frozen and worse weather is coming. With the threat of a “catastrophic” storm looming, Georgia DOT dump trucks mounted with snow plows and spreaders, escorted by Georgia State […]]]>
Snow Coming: Gov. Deal Declares State of Emergency https://lakeallatoona.com/201410/snow-coming-governor-deal-declares-state-emergency?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snow-coming-governor-deal-declares-state-emergency Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:50:53 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=7528

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for much of North Georgia, with sleet and ice in the forecast. After enduring scathing attacks following the traffic gridlock in Atlanta from the most recent snowstorm, Gov. Nathan Deal this morning declared a state of emergency for 14 North Georgia counties: Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, […]]]>
Cars Abandoned on Interstates To Be Towed https://lakeallatoona.com/201430/7513?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7513 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:28:59 +0000 http://lakeallatoona.com/?p=7513

The Georgia State Patrol says the towing of vehicles abandoned on state highways due to the recent ice storm will begin at 9 PM on Thursday, January 30, 2014. The Westlake and Mt. Paran Road locations for motorists to be taken to their vehicles closed at 5 p.m. Troopers are returning to normal patrols for the evening […]]]>