On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 03:23:12PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-10-03 14:43 Larry Colen wrote > >On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:35:24PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> > >>On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > >> > >>>on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote > >>>>On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>>>>I don't think the Hudson River flows south either. > >>>> > >>>>Although, depending on the tides, it probably flows both directions > >>>>right at the opening. > >>> > >>>not just the opening — in flood tide, it flows "upstream" as far north as > >>>Albany > >>> > >>><http://atlanticsailors.com/Hudson-River.html> > >> > >>LOL! Like with any internet forum, there is always someone who will nitpick > >>the details of any simple statement to death. > > > >Godfrey, you are often one of those people. I should know, I am often > >two of those people. > > me three, i guess, but i'd like to think i brought life, not death > to the subject — "right at the opening" vs. 140 miles upstream is a > major detail, at least to us river rats
I wonder what the elevation of the river is 140 miles upstream. High tides much over, what?, a meter?, are probably a bit unusual, and tidal effects are probably mostly limited by the elevation of the river surface, and the high tide level. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
