Jocassee today

[diveprof]

I believe the back portion of the lodge which was built on latter to the main house/lodging quarters and used for the dinning hall is still upright. The front portion seems to have shifted and is now laying on its side with the roof still on. Jocasseegirl can speak to that better than I can since she is the woman in the know. Before they went down this time she drew a detailed map of the lodge and they had that with them when they went down.

I am really excited to see the new footage and hope she is able to get that up on her web site soon.

I am just curious as to what would have caused this shifting of structure at nealy 300'. Surely not a boat anchor, fishing line, etc. IS IT THE MYSTERIOUS LOCH JOCASSEE MONSTER CAPTURED IN ONLY GRAINY PHOTOS IN THE MORNING MIST THAT IS THE CAUSE OF SUCH ? Enquiring minds want to know.... (If not the Enquirer, the Star, etc....)

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

I am not sure if it happened when the lake flooded and the wood tried to float off and it was held to the foundation by some means and just flipped over. Not sure if that is the case or if it had some help from someone.

 

[Jocasseegirl]

A diver a the ramp told me he heard that the roof was now off of the lodge. Is this correct?

The addition on the back end of the lodge was 2.5 stories. We have always known that the roof on the top floor had blown off. The rest of the roof on the main house is intact, except that someone stripped all the tin off before flooding. This has exposed the cedar shake shingles on the roof, which the divers bring back as souvenirs of their dive. It APPEARS (and it hasn't been unanimously confirmed) that the main part of the house is on its side (still intact - just on its side). We aren't 100% sure about this yet. With only 20 minutes or so of bottom time, it will take many dives to confirm anything. I have clearly seen on the video the wooden steps that went from the back of the second floor to the third floor.

More later - gotta take my granddaughter to Waffle House for breakfast.

 

[Jocasseegirl]

I am just curious as to what would have caused this shifting of structure at nealy 300'. Surely not a boat anchor, fishing line, etc. IS IT THE MYSTERIOUS LOCH JOCASSEE MONSTER CAPTURED IN ONLY GRAINY PHOTOS IN THE MORNING MIST THAT IS THE CAUSE OF SUCH ? Enquiring minds want to know.... (If not the Enquirer, the Star, etc....)

Whatever happened, happened before we started diving the lodge in August, 2004. The downline is still in the same place as the first dive.

 

[diveprof]

Whatever happened, happened before we started diving the lodge in August, 2004. The downline is still in the same place as the first dive.

thanks for the info. The guy on the ramp made it sound like this was a recent event...
Dove locally at Clark Hill (Lake Thurmond) today. As a comparison, vis here at depth is about as good as Jocassee right now. With the exception of diving in the trees, there is more interesting stuff to see at Clark Hill East Dam in the 50-100; range.

 

[Jocasseegirl]

thanks for the info. The guy on the ramp made it sound like this was a recent event...

It was probably one of the safety divers you talked to at the ramp - or someone who was hanging around Bill's shop when we got back. As soon as I get a DVD of the dive, I'll put it on my website. It's really good footage.