Web Cam Activity and Testing..Oh My!

They seem to be adding another support why are they doing this so late in the day?

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Live to ride ride to live
What's life without rollercoasters!!!

Who on here could possibly answer that question?

Uh, because they work all day, maybe?

On a more serious note, what they are adding now is a strut that goes from the back column that attaches to the last catwalk in the middle. The piece on the catwalk can be seen here to the left of and behind the odd piece. It is the only center catwalk piece with this flanged stub. It also has a stub sticking straight up for another strut up to the odd piece.

Anyone in the local area.....Is it really windy there today ? I have not seen much activity from the cranes this morning
*** This post was edited by Otto 12/5/2002 12:45:39 PM ***

Sustained winds about 4 miles from Cedar Point are at @ 6 mph, gusting to 18 mph. Of course, that's away from the lake, so my guess is it's pretty windy there, but not *too* terrifically windy. Then again, it's probably much windier 350+ feet in the air.

It was fairly calm when I left for work this morning.

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I see they have moved some now must have just been my bad luck the few times I look this morning

What are those things in front of the 2nd Webcame called What's This? Are they supports or pipes.?

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Wicked Twister 4ever

Pipes, probably for storm drainage.

up close pictures for cocoa sounds like a good trade to me

As the sun has just set on another day in Sandusky, Ohio, watching it hit the horizon brings up an interesting observation. It met the horizon midway between the first two hills on MF as seen from the beach cam at exactly 5:00 pm. Just three weeks ago, on Nov. 13, The sun set on the horizon at about 5:10 pm and at a point just a little to the left of the middle of MF's second hill. While the days will continue to shorten for a bit, in just over two weeks, the sun will start it's trek northward again, the days will get longer and spring will be here shortly. The arrival of spring means Opening Day is not far behind. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

Right on jdubya! Winter solstice is near, and after that, the days get longer.....summer gets closer.....and soon we'll be on that coaster, and all the others of course. The webcams are great!

It's only December 5th, guys, we still have about 1/2 a year to go.

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Turkeys, the only animal smarter than man

I like winter better anyway. More time to go skiing. Summer has its place in time, and that's six months away.

I hope I'm not just behind the times. I scanned through the posts and didn't see anything saying this so I figured I'd throw it out. The Webcam looking straight up the launch (at CP's website) appears to show the tower possibly arching to a peak. The left side now has a support with an extreme curve towards the center... Could this be the top of the tower?

It sure does look like it coming to a point to me as well

wow, I just took a look at cam #3 and the top support piece for the track looks like its turned inwards.... looks like we WILL be having twists on both sides! :)

It also looks like the turn around footers are in place.

camera 2 has construction lights on the left hand side, think they will work tonight. maybe on that building to the left.

The lights have been there a while. This morning and most mornings when I look early like before 7 am Ii can see them lite up if the cameras are working.
*** This post was edited by Otto 12/6/2002 2:22:16 PM ***