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Niagara Falls Collapse - 1954
http://www.drdavehouseoffun.com//falls.html ^

Posted on 03/06/2019 5:59:43 PM PST by navysealdad

On July 24, 1954, a huge section of Prospect Point observation area at the brink of the American Falls. The section of rock that collapsed was in a pie shape, sending an estimated 185,000 tons of rock thundering into the Niagara River Gorge.

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To: umgud

And I was a child in Mississippi dodging tornadoes...ha.


21 posted on 03/06/2019 10:04:37 PM PST by Cedar
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To: xp38

Yes, it did change the nature of the Falls.

In the past, you could hear the thundering of the falls in the city.

Now, you have to get pretty close to it to hear it.


22 posted on 03/06/2019 10:05:43 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: dfwgator

“NIAGARA FALLS........”
Ha Ha, one of my favorites along with the Susquehanna Hat routine.


23 posted on 03/07/2019 1:43:32 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: navysealdad

Holy cow!


24 posted on 03/07/2019 5:55:16 AM PST by moovova
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To: dfwgator

It’s me . . . the guy with the kind face!!!!


25 posted on 03/07/2019 6:26:13 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: metmom

I take it you’re in the Buffalo area. I’m in Toronto.


26 posted on 03/07/2019 9:23:29 AM PST by xp38
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To: metmom

I take it you’re in the Buffalo area. I’m in Toronto.


27 posted on 03/07/2019 9:23:29 AM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

I grew up there.

Spent the first half of my life and lots of trips back to visit family there.


28 posted on 03/07/2019 11:18:32 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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