" Tuuk" wrote in message ...
What happens on the East side of Lake Erie (Buffalo area) when the SW winds
push that much water? Would the Upper Niagara River fill up and more volume
of water fall over the Falls? Then a less volume of water on average would
have to fall for a few days after that? Cool

The amount of water going over the falls is regulated by the electric
generating plants. After midnight, you can actually see the difference
in the amount of water going over the falls, they fill a huge lake at
night to generate power. During the day, the amount of water going
over the falls is regulated by treaties between the U.S. and Canada.
If not for those treaties, both countries would be sucking it dry!

Thanks for the info, interesting, so what would happen during a time when
there are very strong easterly winds, drawing the high seas to the western
side of the lake Erie and leaving the Buffalo side very low, I think its
only around 15 -20ft around there anyway. Should the water be bunched up at
the Western side of the lake, leaving very little volume on the Eastern
side, and the two huge hydro generating plants need their water, there could
be very very little left over for the falls itself???





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" Tuuk" wrote in message
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What happens on the East side of Lake Erie (Buffalo area) when the SW
winds
push that much water? Would the Upper Niagara River fill up and more
volume
of water fall over the Falls? Then a less volume of water on average
would
have to fall for a few days after that? Cool

The amount of water going over the falls is regulated by the electric
generating plants. After midnight, you can actually see the difference
in the amount of water going over the falls, they fill a huge lake at
night to generate power. During the day, the amount of water going
over the falls is regulated by treaties between the U.S. and Canada.
If not for those treaties, both countries would be sucking it dry!

For one, I think lake Erie's prevailing winds are out of the southwest, so
my guess is there is much less of a chance for a sustained wind out of the
east to cause what you are referring to as often as we woud see what
recently happened on the west end of the lake. Second the eastern end of
the lake is the deeper end, requiring much more energy to produce the same
impact.

My father went and looked out upon Maumee Bay (on the western end of Lake
Erie), during this last wind storm. IT WAS EMPTY!

Bob Dimond


In article , " Tuuk"
wrote:

Thanks for the info, interesting, so what would happen during a time when
there are very strong easterly winds, drawing the high seas to the western
side of the lake Erie and leaving the Buffalo side very low, I think its
only around 15 -20ft around there anyway. Should the water be bunched up at
the Western side of the lake, leaving very little volume on the Eastern
side, and the two huge hydro generating plants need their water, there could
be very very little left over for the falls itself???

Here's a link to the Corps of Engineers Detroit site. In the "Search" box,
enter "setup". There are three events recorded for Lake Erie- one is a PDF,
the other two give a graphic representation of the events ove the period
covered.

http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/index.cfm?ChnName=Search

The eastern basin is the deepest part of the lake so I don't think a
sustained breeze would have much effect. The western basin is much more
shallow, allowing the wind to have the effect it does.

WaIIy wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:17:53 -0500, (Bob
D.) wrote:


For one, I think lake Erie's prevailing winds are out of the southwest, so
my guess is there is much less of a chance for a sustained wind out of the
east to cause what you are referring to as often as we woud see what
recently happened on the west end of the lake. Second the eastern end of
the lake is the deeper end, requiring much more energy to produce the same
impact.

My father went and looked out upon Maumee Bay (on the western end of Lake
Erie), during this last wind storm. IT WAS EMPTY!

Bob Dimond


Good observations, Robert. There rarely is an Easterly wind on Lake
Erie.