RE: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-13 Thread Naomi Brewer
...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112542730-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:29 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info Photos of the 1912 event show crowds of people out on the frozen lake; even horses. But two

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-10 Thread Geo Kloppel
Photos of the 1912 event show crowds of people out on the frozen lake; even horses. But two Cornell students skating near King Ferry were drowned when the ice gave way beneath them. Here's the Cornell Daily Sun article: http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=dd=CDS19120219.2.1 -Geo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-10 Thread david nicosia
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info   A. R. Cahn in The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life.  Auk 29:437-444 reports that the lake was completely frozen over in 1796, 1816, 1826, 1856, 1875, 1884, 1904, and 1912.  A couple of these were thought due to volcanic

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-10 Thread sfernstr
[mailto:bounce-112541225-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:19 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info   A. R. Cahn in The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life.  Auk 29:437-444 reports

[cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-09 Thread Susan Fast
A. R. Cahn in The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life.  Auk 29:437-444 reports that the lake was completely frozen over in 1796, 1816, 1826, 1856, 1875, 1884, 1904, and 1912.  A couple of these were thought due to volcanic eruptions in other parts of the world. Steve Fast --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-09 Thread Dave Nutter
That looks like Cayuga Lake froze completely at intervals of 20, 10, 30, 19, 9, 20, and 8 years between when the white settlers arrived and when that article was published in 1912. It would be surprising if there were then a gap of over a century.--Dave NutterOn Feb 09, 2014, at 09:18 PM, Susan

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info

2014-02-09 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
frozen over, but just a thin sheet, about 100 yards out. From: bounce-112541225-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112541225-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:19 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info A. R. Cahn