[Ivas]

Did you know that some huge proportion, more than 2/3 I've heard, of the water is diverted from the falls to produce electricity. Wouldn't it be cool to have the full amount pass over the falls every once in a while?

[formare]

Dude - you almost blew his cover. CLearly that is the famous super hero.... Stealth ninja squirrel.

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by formare

Dude - you almost blew his cover. CLearly that is the famous super hero.... Stealth ninja squirrel.

So, that prone position is in emulation of the Turtles?

[MMC]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Did you know that some huge proportion, more than 2/3 I've heard, of the water is diverted from the falls to produce electricity. Wouldn't it be cool to have the full amount pass over the falls every once in a while?

Well yes I know they divert most of the water because I get my power from the NYS power authority through SME very cheap electricity and do you know who Nicholi Tesla was? I am amazed with the power generated on the river at Niagara and Massina NY. They say that 75K gallons of water goes over the falls every second during the day. If you have never been there its a must see, we just happened to be close by and stopped. Loads of people from Japan were there today. I was ready to make like the squirrel in the OP for a while today because of the heat.

[MMC]

I fear/ hate (loath) your avatar OTA lets hope the S word is far off!

[Oddball]

Originally Posted by ontheaccount

I am confused.

This heat will do that to ya. Maryland. The land of pleasent living.

[Wantconvertible]

Originally Posted by Oddball

This heat will do that to ya. Maryland. The land of pleasent living.

JUST GOT A TIC IN THE MAIL COMING THRU MARYLAND, PHOTO NOT SO PLEASANT 2:00AM

[Wantconvertible]

CAUGHT IN MARYLAND

[Oddball]

Originally Posted by ontheaccount

105 today, yeah, pleasant.

Look at it this way, 6 months from now, we'll be shouveling 2 feet of snow.

[Oddball]

Originally Posted by Wantconvertible

CAUGHT IN MARYLAND

Yeah. I have a couple of those. I hung them on my fridge.

(maybe it would have been better if you were driving the Maverick)

[Wantconvertible]

Originally Posted by Oddball

Yeah. I have a couple of those. I hung them on my fridge.

(maybe it would have been better if you were driving the Maverick)

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by MMC

Well yes I know they divert most of the water because I get my power from the NYS power authority through SME very cheap electricity and do you know who Nicholi Tesla was? I am amazed with the power generated on the river at Niagara and Massina NY. They say that 75K gallons of water goes over the falls every second during the day. If you have never been there its a must see, we just happened to be close by and stopped. Loads of people from Japan were there today. I was ready to make like the squirrel in the OP for a while today because of the heat.

Well, yes I do know of Nicola Tesla, the inventor of the alternating current dynamo which has remade the world. George westinghouse swindled the well-meaning Tesla out of a fortune. So what else is new?

The diverted water CAN indeed be rerouted over the falls rather easily. Suggestions to this effect have been made, yet so far those that exploit the river downstream have been able to nix that suggestion. They claim that their petty interests outweigh the integrity of the falls for everyone. :(

They COULD make the adjustment, given the time to arrange their riverside businesses. The world should not be held hostage to the selfish peculations of a handful of naysayers.

According to accounts from pre-diversion days, the Niagara Falls were a "primeval thunder" unheard since the beginning of the World. I for one would hella like to witness that.