Radium Spring in Albany Georgia is the largest and only first magnitude spring in the state. Also know as skywater the spring got its current name from the high concentrations of radium in the water.
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@lynnejohnson14396 жыл бұрын
You got some of that right. The Casino was damaged - but not destroyed - by fire in 1982. There was just enough damage to keep it from being listed as a historical building by the National Historical Society. It did flood in 1994, but reopened for a few years. I had my wedding reception there in 1995. After the Casino flooded again in 1998, FEMA offered the county $300,000 to tear it down. We could have elevated it for $80,000 but the county didn't want to cross FEMA. Here's the kicker: FEMA's own rules state that a building deemed to be in a flood plain has to be demolished "to the vertical and horizontal limits of construction." They obviously didn't do that, as the skeleton of the building is still there, and the pilings extend 300 feet below that into the aquifer that supplies Albany's water. Apparently, FEMA has some wiggle room. It was certain people on the governing board of the city and county at the time who wanted the Casino demolished and orchestrated the transfer of the springs to the state so no one could swim there.
@johnxaviere5 жыл бұрын
thanks rolando
@billyrobinson99133 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@Nuffsaidbruh8 жыл бұрын
So you can't swim in it, what do you do then just walk around it and take pictures? Any other ways to get interactive with the water besides Scuba Diving that requires a permit which I'm sure a lot of people don't have.
@rolandoperez82488 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that is as much as you can do on this place. You can have picnic and it is a very popular place for photographers bu other than tanking pictures and enjoin the beauty of the place there is not much else you can do.
@cup_and_cone2 жыл бұрын
I don't blame the county for not allowing swimming. This place would be a madhouse during the summer.
@olejake19324 жыл бұрын
Rolando, were you around when the flood wiped out a lot of the area around the Flint and floated the graves out of the ground? I think it was in the 80's. Some of the corpses were never recovered and were swallowed by the aquifer How was the spring affected?
@jm-mc6sv4 жыл бұрын
Was the flood of 1994
@royharrell64432 жыл бұрын
It was '94 (and again in '98) And NO, there were no bodies swallowed by the aquifer nor any that were not recovered.
@lornaharrington18852 жыл бұрын
What happened to the cottages that we stayed in in 1981
@glendahernandez49508 жыл бұрын
nice content but the audio could use improvement.
@rolandoperez82488 жыл бұрын
I am trying to get a new mic currently I am using an old 1995 pc mic lol
@glendahernandez49508 жыл бұрын
great to hear. Once that happens watch your numbers grow in subscribers