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Visitors enjoy rare sunny day at Lake Lanier, but with caution
Recent heavy rains leave lake levels high, create problems at Olympic Park
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Jim O'Dell, high performance and dragon boat coach at the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club, boats by the Olympic tower at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville, on Saturday, June 2, 2018, after several days of rain brought Lake Lanier above full pool. - photo by David Barnes
Jim O’Dell stood in his john boat, cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted. He was shouting to some visitors near the beach at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park on Saturday, June 2, a family there to enjoy some of the sun that Gainesville hasn’t seen much of in the past couple of weeks. But with the rain comes runoff. And with runoff comes pollution.