WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
I can't believe what you guys go through. I rode this weekend. there were chicks in bikini's everywhere.
Lake Erie Finally Melting
- Thread starter djkorn1
- Start date
- Location
- Floridapunk
so, around Cleveland, Kelly Island is clear? Never been there, and it looks like next week we will be in that area.
Are there coves or areas where it isn't mad swells and breakers?And some nice scenery?
Are there coves or areas where it isn't mad swells and breakers?And some nice scenery?
hfthe3rd
NewYork Crew
- Location
- Buffalo , NY
were getting all the ice right now..! a little bit of buffalo boat harbor is unfrozen , hopefully by mid april we can all be out riding again!
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
Kelleys is about 40 miles from Cleveland. It is a couple miles from shore at Catawba Island Oh.
Frosty
New York Crew
- Location
- Western New York
yeah, it's getting there. The Cleveland end always clears and warms faster. All the ice has shifted to the Buffalo end. Yesterday, Brian and I rode our mountain bikes from my house through the trails to the lake... and out to the edge of the ice...
we need more warm rain to melt it off.
we need more warm rain to melt it off.
oldskoo
local jackass
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
cheer up kids its gettin close!!! Wild Will from kentucky just called and he;s headin into town for a bit, we gotta get a nite set aside for beers and bull
in any ideas>>??????
in any ideas>>??????Lake Erie Monster
550 newb
- Location
- cleveland ohio
what is an ice boom?
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
ditto
hfthe3rd
NewYork Crew
- Location
- Buffalo , NY
Each winter since 1964, the ice boom has been installed
at the eastern end of Lake Erie. It extends about 2680
metres (8,800 feet) from the outer breakwall at Buffalo
Harbor almost to the Canadian shore.
The ice boom reduces the frequency and duration of
ice runs from Lake Erie into the Niagara River. This, in
turn, diminishes the probability of large-scale ice blockages
in the river which can cause flooding, ice damage to docks
and shore structures on the river and reductions of flow to
the hydro-electric power plant intakes.
The ice boom can restrict, but not eliminate, the release
of lake ice into the Niagara River. In early winter, a
stable ice cover about a half metre (one- to two-feet) thick
usually forms in front of the ice boom, near where Lake
Erie empties into the upper Niagara River. This allows water
to keep flowing underneath the ice towards Niagara Falls
and the intakes for the hydro plants.
Sustained winds in excess of 50 kilometres (30 miles)
per hour can push some lake ice over the boom, forcing part
or all of its spans to submerge at times of high ice force. The
boom is designed so that when the pressure is relieved, once
a storm subsides, the buoyancy of the pontoons enables the
boom to resurface and restrain ice which otherwise would
flow into and down the river. Although the boom does release
some ice into the river, it has substantially reduced ice
damage, flooding, and power generation losses compared
with conditions before its use.
at the eastern end of Lake Erie. It extends about 2680
metres (8,800 feet) from the outer breakwall at Buffalo
Harbor almost to the Canadian shore.
The ice boom reduces the frequency and duration of
ice runs from Lake Erie into the Niagara River. This, in
turn, diminishes the probability of large-scale ice blockages
in the river which can cause flooding, ice damage to docks
and shore structures on the river and reductions of flow to
the hydro-electric power plant intakes.
The ice boom can restrict, but not eliminate, the release
of lake ice into the Niagara River. In early winter, a
stable ice cover about a half metre (one- to two-feet) thick
usually forms in front of the ice boom, near where Lake
Erie empties into the upper Niagara River. This allows water
to keep flowing underneath the ice towards Niagara Falls
and the intakes for the hydro plants.
Sustained winds in excess of 50 kilometres (30 miles)
per hour can push some lake ice over the boom, forcing part
or all of its spans to submerge at times of high ice force. The
boom is designed so that when the pressure is relieved, once
a storm subsides, the buoyancy of the pontoons enables the
boom to resurface and restrain ice which otherwise would
flow into and down the river. Although the boom does release
some ice into the river, it has substantially reduced ice
damage, flooding, and power generation losses compared
with conditions before its use.
Frosty
New York Crew
- Location
- Western New York
http://www.boomdays.com/
from this camera you can see the ice boom
http://www.iceboom.nypa.gov/include.htm
from this camera you can see the ice boom
http://www.iceboom.nypa.gov/include.htm
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
whoa look at the brain on henry, lol, that was an interesting read and i learnded something.
hfthe3rd
NewYork Crew
- Location
- Buffalo , NY
college does wonders for me ha
hfthe3rd
NewYork Crew
- Location
- Buffalo , NY
shh its called research / i could have defined it
what the ???? is that ?
redrrocket
Graphics Guru
- Location
- hamburg, ny
busted out my kona sunday and monday as well. Im down for a ride if you guys go next time.
Frozen Lakes do have their uses.
