Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks lovely, Larry! Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > We missed the major East coast storm but the very cold weather left the > Hudson River frozen from shore to shore at Cold Spring. The Hudson is more > than just a placid stream. It is actually a fjord, longer than Norway's > longest, and has 3 ft. tides at this point. The tidal current flows both > ways at about 3 kts. It takes a long cold spell to ice up. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Hudson+ice.JPG.html > > > Freezing of the river has been an unusual event in recent years but this is > an unusual winter. About 25 years ago the river froze sufficiently to let > my > son and I walk completely across, counting the boats that were frozen in > the > floes. In the late 1800s, before there was enough ship traffic to break up > the ice, the river froze completely from Peekskill to Albany, creating an > unbroken 100 mile long highway of ice. Large iceboats, some as long as 70 > feet, raced the NY Central trains up and down the river and often beat > them. > Top speeds were about 100 miles an hour. Now the ice is only about 6" thick > but it used to be much thicker. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Hudson+ice+detail.JPG.html > > > Still the ice is strong enough to let seagulls stand around wondering why > they can't catch fish. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Hudson+seagulls.JPG.html > > > Another storm is promised for Tuesday night, carrying at least a foot of > snow for this area. I can't wait. I wonder how much real estate costs in > Alacante? > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >