Should the ice boom be gone..

[cheekman]

The boom is holding up your spring the ice should be flowing down the river all by its self.. Slow thaw is setback for farming, fishing. because of the power company

Huge ice cap on Lake Erie puts arrival of spring on hold ,, No the ice boom is

he large ice cap still encrusting most of Lake Erie would cover all of Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

It’s two feet thick in many places, and melting oh-so-slowly. Last year, it wasn’t completely gone until May.

The lake ice is the biggest, whitest sign that spring’s arrival is again delayed. And the temperature is not going to warm up any time soon.

This will be the longest it has taken to reach 60 degrees since 1980.

Farmers have crops to plant. Boaters want to get into the water. There are fish to stock, buildings to fix and driveways to repair.

All of this is delayed.

“As soon as they can, they’ll get out there,” said Rich Davenport, a North Tonawanda fisherman of his fellow anglers. “Some will dodge icebergs. I’m not one of them.”

A later-than-usual spring also means the ice boom will stay in longer again this year.

The boom, a fixture in the Buffalo harbor since 1964, is removed by April 1 under order of the International Joint Commission, but can be delayed if more than 250 square miles of ice remains in the eastern end of the lake. That’s an area about half the size of Niagara County.

“We’ll be waiting for the 250 square miles of ice,” Lou Paonessa, a spokesman for the New York Power Authority, said late last week.

The ice boom protects power production water intakes further downstream on the Niagara River from massive ice floes and prevents ice damming on the river, damage to shorelines and docks. It was taken out last year on April 29.

[WNYresident]

The ice boom protects power production water intakes further downstream on the Niagara River from massive ice floes and prevents ice damming on the river, damage to shorelines and docks. It was taken out last year on April 29.

Is this true? Were there examples of damage before 1964?

[NY The Vampire State]

Is this true? Were there examples of damage before 1964?

Robert Moses opened in the 60's so I don't think it existed without it. Sir Adam Beck on the Canadian side is older but I don't think ice is as much of a problem because of where the intakes are.

[nogods]

People in the southwest would love to have an iceboom delaying the dog days of summer which they are experiencing right now along with a drought.

Record Heat to Intensify California Drought

I'd much rather be here than there.