[PRCo] Re: Too Much Snow

[Herb Brannon]

The complete freezing of Lake Erie has not happened for some time now. In fact, the lake shipping routes run all year now. It used to be you would see 10 or 12 ore carrying ships "Wintering Over" at the docks in downtown Cleveland or the various 'slips' along the Cuyahoga River. For the past ten or so years you now see them loading and unloading at the docks and slips. Overseas ships (ocean going) get scarce in the Winter. I have not seen any foreign, ocean going ships since mid-January at the docks.
   
  The ice on Lake Erie, today, is visible from the shoreline to about 1000 feet out in the lake. Open waters after that. Most Winter days there is no ice on the lake surface.
   
  Global warming is real !
   
  
Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
  In the late 1960's I worked - and lived - within two blocks of the Superior 
Avenue location seen in the bus photo. We got lots of snow in Cleveland back 
then, too - and we endured at least two winters when Lake Erie was frozen 
solid enough to allow people to drive cars out onto the ice. One year, a 
driver didn't make it back to shore, and had to be rescued by a Coast Guard 
helicopter.

Bob 3/9/08



Herb Brannon
   
  Greetings From America's North Coast
   
  Where the entire Cleveland metro area is covered in 21+ inches of snow.