Well, aside from the fact that its a lot close to twelve hours a day than two hours,
its exactly like I claimed it was. Jax, you were dead wrong and now you're just
backpedaling.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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"The lock gates and tide gates are constructed so that tidal action opens
them to
allow the current to set south through the canal and closes them to prevent
water from
Shinnecock Bay to flow back into Great Peconic Bay."

in other words, they are gates open for all but about two hours a days (if
that, and often not that for days at a time) only to flow from the Atlantic to
the Peconic.