Lake Erie is Shrinking

Ensign Smith

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 2:57 PM

I read this a little while back, and thought it might be interesting to Pointbuzzers:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060724.werie0724/BNStory/Science/


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Ensign Smith

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 3:34 PM

Here's a better link:

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060829/1009706.asp

If Lake Erie drops 32 inches by 2050, I wonder how much additional land would pop up around the Point.


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Vince982

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 4:17 PM
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Well, that solves Cedar Point's space issues. ;)


We'll miss you MrScott and Pete

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Gomez

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 7:23 PM
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Along with all the other Great Lakes. This is nothing new.


-Craig-
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Michael Darling

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 7:27 PM

Well, that's fine, then. Less of a worry about Magnum being underwater!

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tambo

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 8:22 PM

Maybe they'll finally be able to put in a coaster with a real tunnel! :)

-Tambo

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GB93

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 8:51 PM

^ Instead of the race for the sky,

It's the race for the center of the Earth! ;)


1:MF 2:TTD 3:Raptor 4:WT 5:Mantis

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crazy horse

Friday, September 8, 2006 3:34 PM
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Thats because magnum is sinking.


what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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Jeff da Beat

Friday, September 8, 2006 3:44 PM
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Sometimes I really wonder if people actually think that others will laugh or find it amusing when they say something about Magnum sinking...


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ROLLERCOASTERPSYCHO67

Friday, September 8, 2006 3:46 PM

crazy horse said:
Thats because magnum is sinking.

Yeah, Magnum is now only 204'-11 1/2" tall. it has sank that much since it opened.:)

note: To save you having look up the original height it was 205'-0".


Wiley
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"Home of the Wildcat & Jack Rabbit"

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stormchaser889

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:08 PM

I heard that they're going to move the Magnum, and since Maverick just took the last available space, they'll have to send it to the old waterpark of Geauga Lake! ;) *** Edited 9/12/2006 3:08:59 PM UTC by stormchaser889***

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CPboy77

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:37 PM

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Thriller Rollercoast

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:30 AM

i'm getting sick of posting this link.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/news/faq.cfm?current_root=240

read the very last topic.

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RTurb0

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:13 AM

It's a good thing we have you here to remind us that Magnum isn't sinking, otherwise we would all keep bringing it back up. ;)
*** Edited 9/13/2006 4:13:49 AM UTC by RTurb0***


Platinum has it's perks. So does living exactly 97.5 miles from King's Island and Cedar Point

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Walt

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:13 PM
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I see that the joke is going way over someone's head.

*** Edited 9/13/2006 1:13:44 PM UTC by Walt***


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ROLLERCOASTERPSYCHO67

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:38 PM

Walt said:
I see that the joke is going way over someone's head.

*** Edited 9/13/2006 1:13:44 PM UTC by Walt***

Yeah, just like TTD flying by at 120mph


Wiley
R.I.P. - Idora Park
"Home of the Wildcat & Jack Rabbit"

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General Disarray

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:35 PM

I have heard that the earth is also pushing upwards. From what I understand the glaciers that formed the lake basins pushed the earth down, and now that there isn't as much weight pushing on the land, that ground is springing back up.

I think I learned that in a geography class a few years back.

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Ensign Smith

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:59 PM

I remember that from a college geology class about 20 years ago. Wow. I may still have a few brain cells left.


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cckristen

Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:47 AM

The process General Disarray is talking about is called isostatic rebound, and yes it is happening in the Lake Erie region. However, it's not a factor in the "shrinking" of Lake Erie, instead it's a really neat geological phenomena that affects most of Canada, especially the Hudson Bay area.

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DRose

Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:20 AM

I'll be dead by 2050 anyway.

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