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Turning the water off at Niagara Falls?!

Homerboy

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I had no idea something like this existed or has happened in the past.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5485161/the-year-the-army-stopped-niagara-falls/

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On behalf of all the citizens of Niagara Falls, on both sides of the border, I have corrected the spelling of Niagara in the thread title. You're welcome. -DrP
 
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ultimatebob said:
The Canadian side is the "nice" side. They got the new casinos and the revolving restaurant and the skywheel and whatnot.
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that's not the nice side. the canadian side is like a shitty vegas whereas the american side is like a glorious natural park.


also, the canadian side is where all the dirty shitty water goes.
 
I read that the last time they did it they found two dead bodies. Also millions of coins. Can you imagine the age of the coins, and the locations they come from, with all the tourists and all. As a coin collector, I'm jealous of whoever got to clean up and sort that out. Like how I felt riding the Small World ride at Disney World. The entire riverbed was a shining shimmering splendor of coins.

Also agreed with Ns1. The city sucks, but the US park is much better. The Canadian side seems to always have bugs swarming your face. The better view on the otherhand goes to Canada. They've got the lights lighting up the falls that you can only see from Canada, and the Skytower. There are no hotels on the US side that allow you to see the falls from your window, either.
 
Been there a few times it's pretty awesome. Went behind them too, there's a tunnel you can go visit.

I was reading somewhere that over time the falls are actually eroding the land, so they arn't always in the same place and slowly moving upstream. Makes sense considering the amount of energy all that water rushing by must be causing.
 
There actually is tunnels behind the falls. 😛

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It almost seems like they used a school bus as a mold when they built that. lol
 
My Dad took us to visit there one year while it was stopped. I remember being amazed that we had that kind of control.
 
as the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geological survey of the falls' rock face, concerned that it was becoming destabilized by erosion.
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Just like humans. Something has been there just fine for millions of years, but now we have to worry about it and go "fix it."
 
Zorba said:
Just like humans. Something has been there just fine for millions of years, but now we have to worry about it and go "fix it."
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Took some engineering geniuses to figure it out too. Once they got rid of all the loose rock at the bottom, they could study the base, and see if it was eroding :^P
 
TBH I'm surprised Hydro One has not put a huge electric dam there, then raise our rates by 40% despite the cheaper power, because the project went 9,001% over budget. Or they just cancel it half way, but we still end up paying for it. 😛 I could totally see it happen too.
 
Red Squirrel said:
TBH I'm surprised Hydro One has not put a huge electric dam there, then raise our rates by 40% despite the cheaper power, because the project went 9,001% over budget. Or they just cancel it half way, but we still end up paying for it. 😛 I could totally see it happen too.
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shut up.

they might hear you.

:'(
 
Zorba said:
Just like humans. Something has been there just fine for millions of years, but now we have to worry about it and go "fix it."
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They fixed it a long time ago to make it more of a tourist attraction. I'm surprised people don't realize Niagara Falls is fake.
 
Zorba said:
Just like humans. Something has been there just fine for millions of years, but now we have to worry about it and go "fix it."
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I understand if you don't want to talk to a scientist, it would probably just get you pissed, but the falls actually are eroding by about a foot per year. The rock that makes the riverbed is much harder than the rock underneath, which is fine except for where that layer is exposed by the falls.
 
Imp said:
When man can nuke things from orbit, nothing is out of reach...
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Yeah but I didn't know we could nuke things from orbit, if in fact we could, back when this repair took place (late 60's? Early 70's? Somewhere in there.)
 
Markbnj said:
Yeah but I didn't know we could nuke things from orbit, if in fact we could, back when this repair took place (late 60's? Early 70's? Somewhere in there.)
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Man got to the moon by 1969. I have trouble believing they couldn't put a nuke up in regular orbit and drop it within a couple miles of where they wanted it even earlier, if they really wanted to and didn't mind weaponizing space.
 
Ns1 said:
that's not the nice side. the canadian side is like a shitty vegas whereas the american side is like a glorious natural park.


also, the canadian side is where all the dirty shitty water goes.
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Meh. Niagara Falls New York is a dump (think Buffalo but even worse) and the Canadian side has all of the good viewing platforms.

Besides, you get some of that cool looking colorful Monopoly to take home as a souvenir if you go to the Canuck side.
 
ultimatebob said:
Meh. Niagara Falls New York is a dump (think Buffalo but even worse) and the Canadian side has all of the good viewing platforms.
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Both sides are pretty much dumps. The whole place has a slight patina of trashy cheap honeymoon destination, and a place for Army guys to find a strip club.
 
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