ricojes Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I did not know this, a chilling read.... http://buffalonews.com/2014/10/18/oct-18-1844-great-flood-1844-devastates-buffalo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Global warming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I did not know this, a chilling read.... http://buffalonews.com/2014/10/18/oct-18-1844-great-flood-1844-devastates-buffalo/ Interesting story; lived in southtowns for 16+ years and never saw a seiche anytime I lived there. Also interesting only links to sports section have that new popup which is so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 People don't understand that disasters like these are for the best in the long run. Yes it is tragic when it happens but this is mother nature's way of balancing out the population. Hell if no one ever died during a disaster we would have bigger problems then rebuilding some towns or cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 People don't understand that disasters like these are for the best in the long run. Yes it is tragic when it happens but this is mother nature's way of balancing out the population. Hell if no one ever died during a disaster we would have bigger problems then rebuilding some towns or cities. I don't think 75 people would have made that much of a difference, so I wouldn't think this one was "best" in the long run. Although it did create the urgency to build the break walls, which actually maybe saved more lives in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Global warming... Give it another year...the earth's spin, tilt, and orbit will begin reversing the warming trend. And buy a good coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I grew up in S Buffalo, 50's- 60's, and we had a great flood every spring, courtesy of Cazenovia creek. Since it always happened in the January to March time, I guess you could say that it was chilling too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Give it another year...the earth's spin, tilt, and orbit will begin reversing the warming trend. And buy a good coat. Feel free to share your calculations with me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 if those evil capitalist Robber Barons didn't use coal then it wouldn't have rained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Interesting story; lived in southtowns for 16+ years and never saw a seiche anytime I lived there. Also interesting only links to sports section have that new popup which is so annoying. Happens quite often when a strong low tracks across the region. Seiche (slosh) is actually why the breakwaters were built. I thought I started a thread on this a bunch of years ago... About the BFLo seiche of 1844. Like an inland "tsunami" This one from Chicago 1954. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-06-19/news/9406190133_1_lake-michigan-breakwater-chicago-river A few years back around Christmas (@ work) our upper pool (Lake Elevation) went down to around -5.00'... Right now it is running @ around +2.00' (+1.77' to be exact @ this minute). Back then The Lake was running low water, in the 0.00 to -1.00' range. Today, with The Lake having high water, that is about a 7.00' lake elevation swing if that strength of storm would march through right now. In my 25+ years working here, that is the lowest I have seen The Lake elevation when a low pressure system takes the water out (and presumably pushes it to the other side of The Lake (west Michigan lakeshore). On the flip side, the highest I have ever seen Lake Michigan, when the wind is driving the water down the whole North-South fetch of the lake, was around +5.50'. Top of the controlling works (lock wall) is +7.01' For reference, these numbers are off of "zero gage" which we use: 579.48' MSL (Mean Sea Level 1929) data. We are about 7 miles downstream from The Lake. Check out this video from Lake Superior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYI1zIjJr4g BFLo is pretty well guarded against such catastrophe since the breakwaters were built after this 1844 event. Essayons! Go Corps! I don't think 75 people would have made that much of a difference, so I wouldn't think this one was "best" in the long run. Although it did create the urgency to build the break walls, which actually maybe saved more lives in the long run. In 1844, where the Aud would be, would have been 10' deep w/water. Without the breakwaters, it would probably happen routinely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 You can follow the elevations here, in almost real-time: "U" @ both the Chicago Harbor and O'Brien is Lake Michigan elevation @ both structures. Remember, that is coming off of: 579.48' MSL. Up to the minute data: http://corpslocks.usace.army.mil/lpwb/f?p=121:4:0::NO::: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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