Daddie
August 25, 2006, 8:38am
1
Ah so thats the purpose of the ice boom.
man, that’s insane, water freezing in winter, fugging nutz
thats wild…somethign i would liek to see in person but will never happen
:word: that would be awesome
Nikuk
August 25, 2006, 8:51am
9
oh snap @ reply: http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showpost.php?p=174492&postcount=7
OK, I’m a bit obsessive when I get someting in my head.
“The American Falls have frozen over on six occasions since the keeping of records began . Each were attributed to ice jams that have actually curtailed the flow of the American Falls to mere trickles.”
“Unlike the Horseshoe Falls (which has never frozen over), the American Falls are susceptible to freezing because of the small amount of water flow.”
“The installation of the ice boom at the mouth of Lake Erie, the building of the International water control dam (which regulates water flow) and milder winters have all but eliminated the possibility of the American Falls ever completely freezing over in modern times.”
“The American Falls water flow was reduced to such an extent in 1909, 1936, 1938 and 1949 that it froze over.”
“The American Falls today receives only 10% of the total water flow. In the early 1900’s that flow was much less, perhaps only 5%.”
Above quotes from here
audios
August 25, 2006, 8:59am
10
speaking of which i just unloaded 28 of the pontoons that make it up into my shop. i will get some pics if i can, but these things really take a beating. 3/4" steel beat in like they were paper cups. mother nature is a wicked bitch
the reason we have them is because we built the 300+ that go across the river now and replaced the wood.
Its that damn global warming!
This winter is supposed to be pretty bad, so i’ve heard.
Fry
August 25, 2006, 9:40am
15
I would hope so. I bought 4 studded snows last fall and needed them maybe once. I’m still pissed…
Nikuk
August 25, 2006, 9:42am
16
Of course, You have to shave first
that’d be awesome. i would go break off a piece to have one huge icicle.
i don’t know if i would want to stand there?!..ps. i hope we have a “bad” winter which means a lot of snow!
Falls froze 100% solid in the early 50’s too. This was the same year the ice thaw took out the bridge crossing between Canada and the U.S. I know. I was there.
hahah…thank god i am moving before i see any snow
