Comments on: Niagara Falls Frozen in 1911 http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/ yes I've changed my theme again! Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-20771 David Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:39:44 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-20771 Prior to getting married in 1978, my then wife to be went on a student exchange from England to Brockport Uni. Rochester NY. I think it was in '76, may have been 1975, but it was a very cold winter the year she went. During her stay (her first to the USA) she was taken to Niagara to see the falls, only to find to her dismay and disappointment that they were in fact frozen at the time of her visit. I too recall seeing pictures in the British press at that time wherein were published pictures of the frozen falls. As to whether or not they were actually 'frozen solid' with no water flow at all, I cannot say, but from the pictures and the report from my wife, if there was any, then it can't have been much. Yet I see or find no reference to this here. Only earlier years! Maybe I need to look again, which I intend to do, or perhaps someone can recall this event? Prior to getting married in 1978, my then wife to be went on a student exchange from England to Brockport Uni. Rochester NY. I think it was in ‘76, may have been 1975, but it was a very cold winter the year she went.
During her stay (her first to the USA) she was taken to Niagara to see the falls, only to find to her dismay and disappointment that they were in fact frozen at the time of her visit. I too recall seeing pictures in the British press at that time wherein were published pictures of the frozen falls. As to whether or not they were actually ‘frozen solid’ with no water flow at all, I cannot say, but from the pictures and the report from my wife, if there was any, then it can’t have been much.
Yet I see or find no reference to this here. Only earlier years! Maybe I need to look again, which I intend to do, or perhaps someone can recall this event?

]]> By: Johnnyu http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-20560 Johnnyu Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:51:09 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-20560 I saw a show on the history channel about this. It has frozen many times. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Google it people. I saw a show on the history channel about this. It has frozen many times. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Google it people.

]]> By: alex http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-20474 alex Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:41:53 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-20474 hey i was woundering when this pic was cause my mom told me everyone was skating on the ice long time ago but i was loooking at niagara falls and this pic came up cause i really dont belive my mom i thought she was fucking wityh me hey i was woundering when this pic was cause my mom told me everyone was skating on the ice long time ago but i was loooking at niagara falls and this pic came up cause i really dont belive my mom i thought she was fucking wityh me

]]> By: Trish http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-20193 Trish Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:13:03 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-20193 Mother nature nothin....40 days and nights of rain, foretold to man who was warned to build a floating zoo....people said it did not happen. Global warming nothin...it is 'as in the days of Noah'...people! Wake up! It is global warning! now is the day for the house of God to be built...the glory of the Creator, shall be seen in all the earth. Whoever is still sleeping will be left out of the picture! Mother nature nothin….40 days and nights of rain, foretold to man who was warned to build a floating zoo….people said it did not happen.

Global warming nothin…it is ‘as in the days of Noah’…people! Wake up! It is global warning!
now is the day for the house of God to be built…the glory of the Creator, shall be seen in all the earth. Whoever is still sleeping will be left out of the picture!

]]> By: david http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-18085 david Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:53:41 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-18085 Everyone is so quick to say that it can't freeze - we forget that mother nature is still in charge of the weather. Everyone is so quick to say that it can’t freeze - we forget that mother nature is still in charge of the weather.

]]> By: harold http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-16551 harold Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:00:04 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-16551 well i still think its impossible the falls froze and indeed compare the people to the falls....i live in toronto and every year i go to the falls and i remeber the falls quait a bit larger then in the foto.. plus its way toomuch water to freez in my opinion the water that would freeze at the bottom would break by the impact of the falling water from the falls so how could it build upfrom the bottom?????? asks yourselfs that!!! well i still think its impossible the falls froze and indeed compare the people to the falls….i live in toronto and every year i go to the falls and i remeber the falls quait a bit larger then in the foto.. plus its way toomuch water to freez in my opinion the water that would freeze at the bottom would break by the impact of the falling water from the falls so how could it build upfrom the bottom??????
asks yourselfs that!!!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-5935 Jeremy Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:58:07 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-5935 I am a native of Niagara Falls and my family has lived here since the 1800's. My grandparents had photos of the falls frozen. It indeed happened and an explanation for those not believing, the falls froze from the bottom up. The river below froze, forming glaciers that moved towards the falls. The mist that hit the rocks instantly froze and made these glaciers even larger. Eventually, the glaciers froze to the rocks belowand the falling water began the freezing process as it froze to these enormous mountains of ice. Within a week the entire river above and below the falls had frozen and the falls just as quickly. I am a native of Niagara Falls and my family has lived here since the 1800’s. My grandparents had photos of the falls frozen. It indeed happened and an explanation for those not believing, the falls froze from the bottom up. The river below froze, forming glaciers that moved towards the falls. The mist that hit the rocks instantly froze and made these glaciers even larger. Eventually, the glaciers froze to the rocks belowand the falling water began the freezing process as it froze to these enormous mountains of ice. Within a week the entire river above and below the falls had frozen and the falls just as quickly.

]]> By: ghgsdhtgdrfs http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-5201 ghgsdhtgdrfs Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:10:30 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-5201 compare the people to the size of the waterfall compare the people to the size of the waterfall

]]> By: Kim Berg http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-4156 Kim Berg Sun, 27 May 2007 14:04:24 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-4156 I live near the falls. The photograph is real, but it was from 1912. Copies of this and other images can be found on the Niagara Falls Public Library website at http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca/. I remember when the American Falls was completely shut off a few times during erosion control efforts in the 1960s. Now that was a weird sight to see on the news every night. They diverted the Niagara River away from the falls with a temporary dam and the Horseshoe Falls absorbed the extra flow. Check out this website to see images and explanations of both instances. http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Facts_about_Niagara_Falls.htm I live near the falls. The photograph is real, but it was from 1912. Copies of this and other images can be found on the Niagara Falls Public Library website at http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca/. I remember when the American Falls was completely shut off a few times during erosion control efforts in the 1960s. Now that was a weird sight to see on the news every night. They diverted the Niagara River away from the falls with a temporary dam and the Horseshoe Falls absorbed the extra flow. Check out this website to see images and explanations of both instances. http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Facts_about_Niagara_Falls.htm

]]> By: Amit http://www.mandymag.com/2006/07/13/niagara-falls-frozen-in-1911/#comment-3335 Amit Tue, 01 May 2007 15:59:33 +0000 http://www.mandymag.com/?p=78#comment-3335 Well I heard that the Niagara falls was frozen in 1911, but not after that just cos the world is getting hotter and hotter year after year Well I heard that the Niagara falls was frozen in 1911, but not after that just cos the world is getting hotter and hotter year after year

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