[PRCo] Re: Too Much Snow

[bob at dietrichsfam.com]

Is that because all that polution doesn't freeze.  Isn't it nice to be from
good old CLEAN Pittsburgh and be able to knock other cities polution...

 

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
Brannon
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:33 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Too Much Snow

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.