[Leica] IMG: Hudson ice

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

very interesting--you just sent me off on a nice trip through the internet 
looking at ice boats

thanks

ric





On Feb 8, 2010, at 12:39 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
> 
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