Maybe rock climbers need to make plans.
Posted on 01/25/2016 6:00:37 AM PST by Daffynition
Maybe rock climbers need to make plans.
Very pretty. Is that a lot of iron in the water? It looks quite brown ...unless it’s the Flint River. :(
Were they built with the water slowed or shut off?
Water in much of the upper peninsula is brown and foamy like tea due to Tannin from tree roots leaching into the water.
In effect it is tea.
The summer camp I went to as a kid, had a small man-made lake surrounded by trees, that made the water stained like that.
If you spent a lot of time in the water, as I did as a swim instructor, by the end of summer you had an *artificial tan* and your bathing suit was ruined. Good times.
I hardly ever pass up water falls without stopping. Love them!
Others have responded below.
Further FYI: http://www.visiting-niagara-falls.com/niagarafallshydro.html
Well, it’s always a multi-year project. Don’t properly maintain the old infrastructure until you can declare a crisis. Inconvenience the people until they get onboard with the fix.
What do you think the rebar inside a concrete bridge built ~115 years ago looks like from such a damp location?
Did you think it would last forever?
At 20 (lower) and 50 (upper) feet? Not even close.
Try Crabtree Falls in Virginia, Glassmine in North Carolina (intermittent), or Amicalola in Georgia.
And if you are looking only at plunge falls, Hemlock Falls in Georgia at 90 feet beats either the 50 foot plunge or the combined 70 feet. On the same waterway as Hemlock is the 60 foot Cherokee Falls.
Wow; stunning pics.
Maybe I’m thinking of volume.
However the Tahquamenon river flow can vary a LOT. I’ve seen them with just small creek trickling over the drop and a year later in full throated roaring flood.
It certainly lasted longer than what they will build to replace it. And as I said, maintenance (and lack thereof) plays a role. Keep those cracks sealed....
Does the Niagara River have prostate problems?
Moisture moves through concrete without cracks. It is why barriers are used where water wicking up creates other problems.
“Slowly I turned ...”
The lead was not in the Flint River. I think the PH level was too high and resulted in calcification in municipal and more likely home pipes breaking loose and exposing lead.
Hmmmm, what did people do with lead pipes before they got coated with deposits?
Also, what are people blood levels actually reading?
Are there any control samples from before the river was changed?
I’m not saying local government and EPA are in the clear, but is there a level of emotional junk science involved?
Where is that? UP?
I believe I mentioned *iron*, not lead. ;)
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