Story submitted by Eric Worrall
In further indications of global warming induced cold, Niagara Falls has frozen over for a second time this winter.
With even colder conditions forecast, it looks unlikely to thaw anytime soon.
Which model predicted that global warming would cause vast waterfalls to freeze solid in winter?
h/t Ice Age Now
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This is proof of global warming.
This is consistent with the predictions of global warming.
This is not inconsistent with the predictions of global warming.
That photograph is just proof that you are denying that the falls are flowing freely with warm water!!!
Waaaahhh!!!!
Some one with credibility should write an article regarding this, as this might silence objections from the alarmist group. Just a reminder of our recent weather on the Northern Tablelands of NSW. In Armidale we have lots of deciduous trees, but the last few days the temperatures outside have dropped to 10 C, yet daytime temps are around 26 C. Yet a few weeks ago, we had periods of heavy rain and increased humidity and temps nearing 30 C during the day. We have since March 1st entered our Autumn. I am watching the temps outside to protect my bonsai trees, whose water transpiration and drying up in their pots has lessened greatly in a matter of a few weeks.
It’s the climate change! But one expected, and we have to adjust accordingly. We will get frost for sure, but it is the snow that we worry about because it can close roads and cuts off Armidale for a few days. Luckily this rarely happens last time it was around 1985-1986. And it snowed in Tamworth too.
M. Hastings says:
March 4, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Obviously we can see water still rushing over the falls so what is the criteria to say when it is frozen over?
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Is that a trick question?
You would think that the freezing of the Niagara falls would increase tourism, if they could get there it is an ominous signal though. Does the water source create electricity supply?
Just in case, 1911:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_niagara_falls_frozen.htm
Nick Stokes ploy
As y’all know hot water freezes faster
M. Hastings says:
March 4, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Obviously we can see water still rushing over the falls so what is the criteria to say when it is frozen over?
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Is that a trick question?
No I’m serious. I thought, and maybe incorrectly, that frozen over meant the falls were completely frozen over and was curious what the criteria was if not completely. All articles I have read today said it was frozen over but all said that water continued to flow. A lake that is frozen over doesn’t have any water breaks does it?
bushbunny says:
March 4, 2014 at 7:28 pm
You would think that the freezing of the Niagara falls would increase tourism,
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If it goes up 2C it will lead to millions of climate deaths. Which are just like real deaths, except no one dies.
I apologize in advance if this is common knowledge here (fwiw I believe I’ve been commenting here since before the first SBOTY, and didn’t see it in related searches) but I stumbled over something today and was somewhat astounded.
Any time someone brings up Cook or Powell or Lewandosky or Connelley’s consensus nonsense, show them this: 1350 peer-reviewed papers questioning/criticizing AGW.
http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html
The water available at Niagara Falls is mostly channeled into the turbines. In the daytime enough water is allowed to flow over to keep the tourists happy and impressed. At night a far smaller water flow goes over and a huge reservoir is filled, to be used the following day.
The flow can literally be turned off at will with a combination of the reservoir and the turbines. When it is frozen there isn’t much point in letting much water flow over the lip.
Like most things at Niagara, it is mostly for show! Nothing wrong with that…
All the pictures of frozen falls appear to show the American falls, but 90% of the flow of the Niagara River goes over the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side. So, unless the Horseshoe falls are frozen, perhaps the headline should have said “10% of Niagara Falls is frozen for the second time this winter”
LOL, salt water does not freeze as quickly as fresh water. The pour salt on iced roads to make it melt. Don’t ask me why? They would have to have a lot of salt, eh?
Crispin in Waterloo says:
March 4, 2014 at 7:55 pm
The water available at Niagara Falls is mostly channeled into the turbines. In the daytime enough water is allowed to flow over to keep the tourists happy and impressed. At night a far smaller water flow goes over and a huge reservoir is filled, to be used the following day.
The flow can literally be turned off at will with a combination of the reservoir and the turbines. When it is frozen there isn’t much point in letting much water flow over the lip.
Like most things at Niagara, it is mostly for show! Nothing wrong with that…
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they also pump water up to a reservoir at night. turbines are spinning and excess electricity.
I am just down the road from you. might take a drive down there tomorrow and take some pictures.
but will the Falls be there in 4014? LOL.
4 Mar: Yahoo: AFP: Global warming may threaten World Heritage sites
The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites…
Out of more than 700 listed UNESCO World Heritage sites, nearly 140 risk being flooded in 2,000 years’ time, they projected in a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
These also include the Sydney Opera House, Venice in Italy, Japan’s Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Robben Island in South Africa where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years…
“Our analysis shows how serious the long-term impacts for our cultural heritage will be if climate change is not mitigated,” study co-author Anders Levermann from the Potsdam Institue for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said in a statement…
http://news.yahoo.com/future-warming-imperils-statue-liberty-003728838.html
Crispin;
“The flow can literally be turned off at will with a combination of the reservoir and the turbines.”
Sorry, but that is nonsense. There are “water intakes” upstream of the falls on both sides (USA and Canada). They can “siphon off” some of the water (about 10% at most), but they cannot “turn off” the Falls at will.
You should visit there sometime, yeah there is the usual “kitsch” stuff for the tourists, but there are very impressive and secluded spots as well. I like “Three Sisters islands” on the US side (off Goat Island) it’s right out there in the major water flow and it gives you a good appreciation for the amount of energy contained in that much flowing water. And, I met my future (and still) wife there, funny thing about Niagara Falls, since there is lots of open water in the winter it attracts “bird watchers” (my wife and I are both “twitchers” for you folks in the UK), yeah there are interesting birds there in the winter (purple sandpipers, lots of different Gulls, almost all of the Duck species). It has lots more to offer than the simple “tourist kitsch” stuff.
Cheers, Kevin.
Cold is the new hot.
The water moving will be coming from up stream of the falls. Anyway, if the electricity generator is not stopped, is there serious concerns?
It’s quite obvious, is it not, that lots of heat is hiding in that ice? I predict that it will cease hiding sometime this spring.
Then, watch out!!
Search the web for images. Nice. If you have not been there, then check maps or Google Earth so you understand how Lake Erie waters exit.
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It was colder in the UP than in Hell this winter.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mqt&storyid=100824&source=0
pat says:
March 4, 2014 at 8:31 pm
but will the Falls be there in 4014? LOL.
The escarpment is eroding upstream and liberal applications of concrete will protect it; assuming there is someone to do it, and assuming it isn’t buried by several hundreds of feet of ice. I’ve have projected that to occur about the year 3842, so no worries. LOL.
The Potsdam Institute (aka PIK) seems to be a German equivalent to the David Suzuki Foundation. Best to ignore them.
• The 200 residents of Hell have been cut off by frozen snow and have been helping each other keep warm
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Does that mean that Hell will have a population explosion later this year?
SR
If anyone claims that this is a sign of ‘climate change’ / ‘weird weather’ then please inform them that Niagara froze in late February 1935 too. I’m sure there are other dates. It’s just the weather as they say.
http://tinyurl.com/nsvflac
Tonight on World News with Diane Sawyer the lead story was about the big freeze over most of the US. The last story was scientists revived a 30,000 year old bacteria from ice. Overall conclusion and the last statement of the show? Global Warming is going to liberate (and revive) bacteria from glaciers, some of which could be deadly to humans.
What causes those big lumpy formations in front of the falls?
Something I’ve never really understood about climate change. Every year in Britain, we experience temperature fluctuations of +/-30degC during a normal seasonal year. We have floods, droughts, rain, snow, hail and sometimes even several consecutive days without any precipitation. Yet the birds still fly, the bugs still bite and the plants still grow, the trees shed leaves and grow them again, fruit grows and ripens, and the cycle goes on and on.
How does 0.6degC/decade actually pose any kind of threat or even long term change to our ecosystems?