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hedgehog

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8. The water in Lake Erie actually piles up at buffalo under a strong west wind - very,very strange!

Reply to Kolesar (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:02 PM

Nov 2012

The levels are controlled artificially to some extent: here on Lake Ontario the levels can be raised or lowered to some degree by what is allowed to come in through the Erie Canal system (controlled by the NYS Thruway Authority - don't ask!) and allowed out at the locks on the St. Lawrence. There are constant arguments as to what the levels should be and/or whether they should be allowed to fluctuate at all!

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Wow. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #1

mama's not happy to be fooled. ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2012 #2

I think the Great Lakes tend to "slosh" more when the wind rises hedgehog Nov 2012 #3

SIECHES ON THE GREAT LAKES Kolesar Nov 2012 #5

The water in Lake Erie actually piles up at buffalo under a strong west wind - very,very strange! hedgehog Nov 2012 #8

Erie's lack of depth (max around 20' as I recall) for it's surface size means big rollers .... Scuba Nov 2012 #10

There is a contentious proposal to control the level of Lake Huron by building a dike Kolesar Nov 2012 #11

Actually, it's the other way around - the Erie Canal feeds into Lake Erie at Buffalo hedgehog Nov 2012 #14

I thought the whole route was renamed the Barge Canal, but what do I know? Kolesar Nov 2012 #19

You are correct - it is the Barge Canal, but I always call it the Erie - hedgehog Nov 2012 #21

in the 1950s, on a perfectly clear day, a seiche killed a bunch of ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2012 #9

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harbor wall gap marker....they are large iron poles painted with a red or green strip... Evasporque Nov 2012 #6

Thank you! That makes sense. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #7

Red, right, returning Kolesar Nov 2012 #12

Incredible photos! PatSeg Nov 2012 #13

Wow! malaise Nov 2012 #15

And, as always, some moron is standing right there. MineralMan Nov 2012 #16

Oswego State University is literally on the shore of Lake Ontario - hedgehog Nov 2012 #17

Wow! K&R nt Mnemosyne Nov 2012 #18

Those lakes are no joke ellisonz Nov 2012 #20