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March of the penguins:
March of the persons:
We’re not quite as orderly. That shot was taken in 1911, when Niagara Falls fell victim to a pre-Gore coldening. Via reader Helen D., who forwards other freezy Niagara pix:
Props to Wikipedia - their entry for Niagara Falls used to say that obscuring mist has become a problem at the Falls because of the contruction of tall buildings on the Canadian side, which altered the airflow. Some Goebbels Warning fool adding “It may also be a result of global warming.” The global warming reference is now gone.
Hmmm.
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The Niagra freeze left thousands of honeymooners with nothing to do.
Yeah and no bloody XBox either!!
Might as well go home and do the laundry.
2. If PETA had any heart they’d rent a couple dozen buses for those penguins.
Posted by memomachine on 2007 03 10 at 12:43 PM • permalinkI’ve taken a new line of discussion with believers; apart from derision, that is.
You clearly think the planet is too hot; what temperature would you like it? Do you prefer glaciers or tropical rain forests?
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 10 at 02:01 PM • permalinkO/T I see Port Headland is getting zapped by a cyclone. Must be global warming.
I hope the Sandfire Roadhouse didn’t get hit.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 10 at 02:04 PM • permalinkI’ve read that the only reason the falls froze (and it only happened that once) was because the flow was interrupted upriver and the “falls” were reduced to “trickles”.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2007 03 10 at 02:47 PM • permalinkKyda
The American Falls freeze over regularly. More info and references here: Freezing Falls. Evidently, the Niagara River’s flow has stopped once, on 30 Mar 1848, due to an ice dam at Lake Erie’s outlet into the river. FAQs.Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2007 03 10 at 06:45 PM • permalinkFar be it from me to go OT. About.com has an Urban Legends section, featuring the Gorebot and his electrickery offsets. What the site’s defender of Gore failed to fully explain is exactly HOW Gore offsets his carbon neutrality. Take note of the end of page 2. Looks like an update is in order.
“Folks who dislike his politics will no doubt call him hypocritical just the same, but judged strictly in terms of whether or not Al Gore practices what he preaches, the case against him is a sham.”
Unless you factor in buying carbon offsets from a company in which you are managing director, in which case, it makes you a screaming hypocrite.
Frigid, lifeless, inhospitable - it’s Warmeningista paradise. Granted, it’s impossible to grow crops, impossible to survive very long without protective clothing, and it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, but, hey, the polar bears are happy, and that’s all that counts in the long run.
Speaking of polar bears, maybe we should point out to the bedwetting hand-wringers fretting about the poor waterlogged fuzzies that the damned things are actually nicely adapted to the water.
Posted by Blue State Sil on 2007 03 10 at 08:19 PM • permalinkSee what happened when Al went over the Falls in a barrel???
CAN NOTHING STOP AL, THE INCREDIBLE FREEZEMEISTER???
Posted by Tex Lovera on 2007 03 10 at 10:41 PM • permalinkEvidently, the Niagara River’s flow has stopped once, on 30 Mar 1848, due to an ice dam at Lake Erie’s outlet into the river.
It was also purposely “shut off” once in the 50s or 60s, to stabilize the rim after a big slide. Unfortunately, they didn’t want to pay to get all of the debris out, so that ugly pile of rocks is still there.
Hold it just one minute. Is that not Michael Lonie in the fourth picture? What’s he holding? Damn it, he froze the Niagara Falls with a freeze ray gun! I know it!
Posted by wronwright on 2007 03 10 at 10:50 PM • permalink
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The Niagra freeze left thousands of honeymooners with nothing to do.