Lake Erie is Shrinking

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/

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.

Well, that solves Cedar Point's space issues. ;)

Along with all the other Great Lakes. This is nothing new.

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

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

-Tambo

^ Instead of the race for the sky,

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

Thats because magnum is sinking.

Sometimes I really wonder if people actually think that others will laugh or find it amusing when they say something about Magnum sinking...

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".

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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i'm getting sick of posting this link.

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

read the very last topic.

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***

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

I'll be dead by 2050 anyway.