01-17-2009, 07:40 PM
doctorwayne Wrote:Russ Bellinis Wrote:Maybe they were building submarines on Lake Erie, but I bet watching them try to get out to sea past Niagara Falls would be really fun. Probably not a lot of fun for the crew, though! The first pic of those silos seems to show snow on the ground. I suspect that the photos were taken in winter when the grain harvest was still months away.
Hey, Russ, it would have been no problem to get one of those puny subs through the Welland Canal, as the locks can handle boats up to 740' long and almost 80' wide.
As for the snow on the ground - this is Buffalo, where, I'm told, a snow shovel in the trunk of your car is a year-round accessory in case of "lake effect" snow.
Wayne
I didn't know about the Welland Canal, but I think watching a sub try to navigate the falls might be more interesting. I know what you mean about Buffalo weather. I married my wife in Buffalo, and spent one winter in Buffalo, one winter in Minneapolis, and one winter in Syracuse before I decided that it was time for this So Cal boy to get back to So Cal. I'm afraid that my idea of winter clothing is a jacket over my summer clothes! Living where COLD weather means mid 40's at night and temps between 60-80 during the day is my idea of where I want to live.