My grandmother's photo album contains some photos of the famous 1912 Seneca Lake freeze-over. Hasn't happened again since then.
-Geo Kloppel On Feb 9, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Ann Mitchell <annmitchel...@gmail.com> wrote: > My understanding is that the lake completely froze over was 1912. If someone > has a different date, that would be great! Ann > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 9, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk <l...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> As of noon today, Cayuga was pretty much frozen from Chris's hill north. >> Chris's hill is the big rise north of Levanna, if one doesn't know local >> names. South of that, the lake was a combination of frozen patches and open >> patches. This is the most ice I've seen since 1994, and then it didn't >> last, since 1994 was windy, though it was also cold. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu >> [mailto:bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel >> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:29 AM >> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over >> >> The full answer about the reluctance of Cayuga and especially Seneca to >> completely freeze over is a bit complicated, but a primer on the physical >> limnology can be read here: >> >> http://www.gflrpc.org/Publications/SenecaLakeWMP/chap6a.pdf >> >> -Geo Kloppel >> >>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 7:20 AM, "Liisa S. Mobley" <ls...@cornell.edu> wrote: >>> >>> There's been a bit of discussion about the Finger Lakes freezing over, as >>> well as the Great Lakes, on the Cayuga Birds list in recent weeks. I came >>> across this article from one of the channel 9 (Syracuse) weathermen, which >>> indicates that the Great Lakes, as of last Friday, had more than 79% of >>> their surface area frozen. >>>> Great Lakes Freezing Over: Dave Eichorn's Blog http://bit.ly/1gcubdX >>> >>> Where do all the birds go? Lake Ontario is only about half frozen, so >>> maybe they go there. >>> >>> You'll notice in the photo that Cayuga and Seneca are not frozen. Not >>> sure why they don't freeze over, too. And, no, they are not deeper >>> than the Great Lakes, except for Erie. (This is kind of bugging me, >>> so let me know if you have a good answer!) -Liisa >>> >>> Liisa Mobley >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave >>> .htm >>> >>> ARCHIVES: >>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> >>> -- >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
