Lake Travis is only 46% full. The low lake levels are discouraging some central Texans from enjoying the lake over Memorial Day weekend.
, there are lots of areas of dry land where there used to be water.Austin weather: Potential showers and storms on Memorial Day
"What used to be a short walk right down this sidewalk has now forced us to buy a golf cart just to get up and back to the boat because that's a 300 yard walk now," Kenneth Hausmann said. "The lake is a lot more dangerous," Hausmann said. "There's a lot more islands, so boats hit them, they don't realize that the deep part of the lake is on the edge, it's not in the middle.""Normally the amount of traffic would be staggering," he said. "You'd hear motors and wave runners and all that stuff, but because of this and because a lot of the peripheral businesses are closed down too, it's less of a thriving place than it was.
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