 A view of Sandy Hook Bay from Mt. Mitchill in Atlantic Highlands, NJ By Joe Reynolds New York Harbor Nature No surprise, after two weeks of below freezing temperatures, much of Lower New York Bay has frozen over. An ice field of up to 15 inches thick formed from Highlands/Atlantic Highlands to the tip of the Sandy Hook peninsula and extending to Staten Island. It is the most extensive ice sheet along the southern shore of New York Harbor in many years. But with warmer weather predicted this week, much of the ice will slowly melt away.   Yet, things could always be worse. The archives of The New York Times tell us that on February 14, 1901, there was an ice blockade in New York Harbor that put a temporary halt to shipping. The estuary was so ice clogged from shore to shore that "great ocean steamships, ferryboats, and the strongest as well as the weakest tugs, ocean-going tows, barges and floats" could not move. Winds were also wicked. A 66 mile an hour wind gust was recored at 4:00pm.
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2/21/2018 06:23:11 am
Wow, these pictures tells the beauty of ice and snow fall which gives best feelings. Mostly rich peoples used to visit those places where natural scenes makes a person mind fresh. The best thing in this blog is the author's writing skills and knows how to use them in article. 1/26/2019 04:54:44 pm
When it is cold in Lower New York Bay, it is really cold. Te weather would become unbearable, so we can really see how much people are struggling to deal Wirth there everyday routine! But in my case, I am the type of person who prefers cold weather over humid ones, so I can definitely live ahappy life in Lower New York Bay! But we all know that there are things we cannot do when the weather is too low, so I am not wishing for such thing to happen. Just the right and ideal type of temperature would be enough to make me happy! Leave a Reply. |
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