Niagara Falls Repair

[@gamma8562]

I walked on the dried falls in 1969. I was in grade 6. So glad I had that experience.

[@lavoniajohallharris3313]

Me too, i always had a dare me problem lol

[@michaelrawson6261]

I'd have given almost anything to have done that walk! Mind you, I'd have wanted to stand at the brink at some point, but to my knowledge, there was cordoning blocking the brink off, wasn't there?

[@gamma8562]

@@michaelrawson6261 oh yes

[@CaptCrewSock]

Were you stunned to find skeletons like all the other scientists in those other clickbait videos about the draining of the falls in 1969?

[@josephambrose2852]

Please post positive proof pronto Pics preferred

[@amct1019]

No idea why some people are saying it’s a “sad thing” and that tourists wouldn’t get to see it flow. A dry falls is so rare & unique that I would be much more likely to visit. I would probably travel across the pond solely to get a sight of the dry falls.

[@jayp.6166]

That and if they look a few hundred yards up river there a much larger waterfall to look at lol

[@cpufreak101]

AMCT 101 even as someone living in the area, I'd definitely go there to see the falls run dry

[@TheBFGHarrison]

You've never looked at the side of a cliff? lmao

[@smithkelsey9293]

AMCT 101 Its sad that it can be turned in and off like sink water😐

[@mackenzieerin2305]

AMCT 101 I live 30 minutes away from Niagara Falls lol

[@afranca1825]

I don't think it's a sad thing. I think it's a nessecary issue. People throw their emotions into something without taking the entire cost and gravity of the situation. I think this is actually a cool opportunity for visitors to come and see this event.

[@dougdavis8986]

A Franca : you are a dork

[@KeshiaFowler]

A Franca for real

[@orangeradishneo]

agree. one girl was saying "oh people won't be able to come see it, so sad" does she not realize how toursts think? it'll be FLOODED with onlookers coming to see the falls stop. it'll be amazing to see

[@imluvinyourmum]

Come and see what, a rock wall? lol

[@vincepurpura8905]

@Barndancer61 Lifelong resident of the Buffalo area, my parents took me, my sister and little brother in 69, I was seven years old, and I can still remember it like it was yesterday.

[@David_Last_Name]

I wanna see the video of them turning the falls back ON.

[@mickeysmiths]

Once they hook the electric cables up 👍

[@johnubel5701]

I was there at Niagara Falls in 1969. Our family was on a summer trip, and I was just shy of my sixth birthday. I distinctly remember my mother trying to comfort us in our disappointment that the falls were seemingly nowhere to be seen. She said, “Hey kids, anyone can see Niagara Falls when is flowing, but how many people can say they were here well it was shut down?”

[@robertstutesman7764]

kids are often comforted by words that in reality make little sense. Advantage of a brain not being fully formed for the first 20 years or so of life. So ya, feel better than man has diverted nature for profit. Who can say they have ever seen that...Let's go stand in this field and imagine all the trees that used to reach up to the sky...Now anyone can say they've seen big trees but who can say they seen a field of stumps. Perhaps you would enjoy those fine young people who divert rivers so they can wake board because...you know, ocean waves and wave pools are not enough let's terraform for lols.

[@WhiskeyTango68]

Very smart mama bear! Once in a lifetime experience for sure.

[@Adventuresofastreetdrummer]

@@robertstutesman7764Just stop.

[@yankees29]

Your mom was correct. Once on a lifetime experience.

[@Salutimondo]

@@robertstutesman7764 When you wake first thing in the morning do you have to suck a bucket of lemons to prepare for the day or does the sour nature come naturally. I'll bet the faces of people who know you light up with pure joy when they see you walking into the same room as them.......Guffaw..

[@scottfirman]

The Canadian side looks better,always has.

[@Joshua-xy1lr]

true

[@DylanTaylor]

Yea

[@markzucc3277]

Racist

[@bee5120]

In more ways than one.

[@Sal-lc2yr]

Mark Z U C C youre just not racist enough.

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

Honestly as someone whos seen the falls normally. id actually go out of my way to come see it like this, its when its empty its more rare, to see all that water diverted, and all that empty space where such a powerful amount of water was. would be interesting.

[@chasgotthespins6124]

I've always found this event to be fantastical in that it could even be done. I would have loved to viewed the dry riverbed, and would love the opportunity to see it again. Niagara is one of my favorite places on earth. Peace and love from Seattle.

[@mackydog99]

My family went behind Niagara falls in 1964! The sight and sound of it were unforgettable!

[@phdtobe]

Geese sitting on rocks near the edge @0:47 are like "Eh. We could fly away if need be. No worries."

[@paulgrem]

I was there in 1969 when they shut down (diverted) most of the flow over the fall area. One of the things they considered was if they should remove all the broken off rocks at the bottom, but realized that it would destabilize the shelf. So they turned the faucets back on and let Nature resume its course.

[@danstrayer111]

Yeah I was there when half was blocked off.

[@Ahldor]

I was actually thinking of that myself when I saw the pictures. But thank you for clarifying this issue!

[@jesuabennjoseph6164]

paulgrem... dude.. can you imagine ¿how hard it is to say what you said Just from knowledge. ?? So much info needed to say that easily. Like, there was no effort on acquaring and Calculate the amount of information that it's also from lot of people who go to university and gotta turn the world around to calculate that some rocks could slide.!!?? Can't imagine how it would be to hire that knowledge?? whatever got me on that conclusion just don't get back an awfully comeback. Fuck scientist and it's imps months

[@Boatyarddog]

paulgrem best thing to do, let it resume its own course.

[@buddyclem7328]

i give up. im off. off off That made *literally* no sense whatsoever! You should stay off the drugs.

[@2jzfox...]

Back in 1954 the falls had a huge rock slide.

[@elizabethharttley4073]

I just watched that clip on youtube, awesome!

[@bobwarren3898]

The falls has been there only 50,000 years or so and will keep crumbling as the river erodes it.

[@Monochrome2004]

i just came from that vid

[@mr.unitato7955]

2jz Fox actualy alot of the rocks are caused because the americans wanted to maximise the engergy they can get from it so they built a dam up the river but something went wrong and the dam stoped working causing lots of pressure than crumbling the rock....adleast canada learned from the americans mistake canadian side is beautiful

[@michaelrawson6261]

Bob Warren:... the "falls" in their many guises and locations along their erosion course, have only existed for some 12,500 years... .

[@stuartpickles6907]

The original Niagara falls burned down in 1813

[@mcganahanskjellyfetti7722]

Aaron Cole Lol

[@ColtSSR]

Not lol, sorry.

[@zindi1138]

i was there Gandalf !

[@rascallyrabbit717]

The water was on fire for days

[@ionesand3393]

The Chinese will build a copy, no problem !!

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

I don't know, I find it just as intriguing to see the falls dried up, then to see them roaring and in action...just as spectacular, except that dried up is a lot more rare.

[@danburch9989]

What happened to all the tourism $$$ and taxes that could be used to pay for improvements? Oh right, this is New York. It's being sucked down the whirlpool in Albany.

[@Kamelhaj]

Or by NYC!

[@willstjjohn9481]

Coumo took it lol

[@clearingbaffles]

Dan Burch we're digging tunnels for trains and water to divert it to SoCal Thanx from the left coast near the Crapitol of California

[@TomO-if7nh]

I sure hope New Yorkers are smart enough to Vote the worst governor we've ever had out of office in November. Vote for Anyone but Cuomo.

[@TomO-if7nh]

Muhammad Ahmed I'm voting for anyone but Andrew Cuomo.

[@captainsteve5475]

More people would go to see it without water. You can only look at water for so long, but without water you’d check out every nook and cranny.

[@jessewilson8676]

I would love to medal detect the now dry areas under the lookout.

[@riner9]

jesse wilson i was just thinking that

[@jayp.6166]

I would rather Metal detect....but thats just me

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

maybe he wants to find medals. lol

[@chiewsaetern2182]

They are looking for gold other valuable minerals. Not for long but to test the area to see how much.

[@hasanothman906]

Thank you guys for all information.

[@LisaSmith-tb8bb]

I’d go to see the water not flowing. I didn’t realize how beautiful the rock under the water are or how shallow the water actually is

[@jasoningram4617]

😇 *I 💙 NIAGARA FALLS* 😇 40+ states, Niagara Falls n The Great Lakes are my favorite. Falls 4-5 times, Maid of the Mist 2-3 times, Jet Boats once, Fort Niagara 3-4 times.

[@lavoniajohallharris3313]

I love the Falls and Gorge, but love to have NC mountains in my backyard 😉

[@jasoningram4617]

@@lavoniajohallharris3313 😇 NY has more mountains 😇 Adirondacks are over 6.1 Million Acres. Larger the the 5 largest National Parks combined.

[@phillipbonner5215]

I used to live there back in 69 when they first closed it. That is only 25% of the water that should be flowing over that falls the other 75% is now making hydroelectric power.

[@robertstutesman7764]

are you saying they may have diverted it because it was convienant but left enough to milk the idea of the falls for profit. Who would ever do that, almost like you can't even just go out to nature without commercial influence.

[@phillipbonner5215]

@@robertstutesman7764 they diverted the remainder of the water to try and repair the falls but realize that they could not do that it would destabilize the cliff so they turned the water back on and let nature take its course.

[@isabelleg9118]

They are turned down at night and back up in the morning. Stayed in a hotel next to them once and saw the flow increase during breakfast

[@rodhigh7]

I tell my friends that I was on my honeymoon in 1969 when the American falls were turned off. Nobody believes me !

[@serdiplomat5797]

rodhigh7 Which part did they not believe? The love part or falls being turned off?

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

prob both lmao

[@GDayTrueBlueAussie]

Honeymoon ! You should of been too busy to notice the falls ,wet or dry . now after 8 kids you wish you did

[@javs2280]

I think niagara without a water is more sight to see than with water cause its not normally what you witness. You can see it after the operation then.

[@XSRtiliry420]

Canada's side is so much better!;) we get all the good things!

[@andrewbeaudry4399]

Edward Norton What is Canadian bacon, I've only heard of it on American tv?

[@jackiejikariti8718]

Have fun getting arrested for using the wrong "pronoun". Bunch of canadian pussies.

[@deftye7582]

XSRtiliry canada sucks fuckin ass. Socialist POS

[@andrewbeaudry4399]

Def Tye Socialist no social programs yes. USA has them to, section 8, food stamps, welfate, Medicare subsidized dairy and other markets. Canada has universal health care, but we pay for it with high taxes. So how is Canada a socialist country?

[@cravenmorehead118]

Edward Norton Keep your tin foil hat on and your gun loaded ,they are coming to get you ,Fox News said so ,so it must be true !!! Say hi to your sister /mom for me !!

[@jollyroger7624]

Have the repairs finished yet, where does the river go these days, where did they get all the rock to fill that big ditch?

[@Mind-Wanderer01]

I don't live in North America and my geography knowledge is obviously very bad... For my whole life, I always thought Niagara Falls was somewhere in Canada... Now here's this video with New York in it... Now I check a map and Ontario and New York are next to each other Niagara is like in between... Mind blown... Woow

[@JSSTyger]

The falls are mostly on the American side but they are best viewed from the Canadian side from afar. The New York is a state park area. The Canadian side has a huge Carnival-esque strip with a sky wheel and the Skylon Tower.

[@RazaChandio]

1:04 that girl is only worried about that she can't be able to see it what about those animals and the ecosystem which depends upon it

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Planet has to change sometimes. Should we let it go or keep it going. I commend their efforts for trying to bring it back.

They are talking about the American Falls, not the Horseshoe Falls. Can't divert the Horseshoe Falls but they can reduce it a massive amount with the hydro water take-offs.

[@joepro8329]

I just went to the falls and I had a really good time the Maid of the mist was really cool

[@mikel2674]

How do they drain it?

[@pinkiepie1656]

You don’t drain it. You block the water flowing toward it. The Canadian fall can handle it.

[@voiceofraisin241]

I was there back in 1987. The sales tax was ten percent. You would think they could use that money for any necessary improvements.

[@maxv8049]

Now there even talking about making the Hudson crystal clear even

[@ShaunDYST]

Just realized how jagged and rocky the bottom is. I always thought it was the fall and hard current that killed people who went over but they probably die from hitting all those rocks before they drown.

[@meganperreault5191]

look at the geese just chillin atop of that Massive Waterfall!

[@funkydozer]

I like how these 'Niagara' falls are just a small leak in the Niagara River that happens to spill over on the American side, and the actual exciting visually impressive falls are in Canada :D I like that a lot.

[@xp7575]

Tell me you've never been without saying it 😂

[@sweetwater2128]

Nobody gives a fuck about canada

[@ROGER2095]

Why not get a really, really, long hose and divert the water to Lake Meade? You can fix the bridge and in the meantime, the water won't go to waste.

[@Jive33]

Did the new bridge ever get put in?

[@Wombats-1]

Why is it sad? I would be so happy to be a part of history again. To go see the falls dried up. Who hasn’t been to the falls at least once in their life? It doesn’t change. When’s the last time you saw a dry falls? Likely never. I would be honored to be a part of that

[@jayp.6166]

00:16.....I live in Niagara Falls Ontario and I don't remember them turning the falls off? lol Some tourists actually ask when the Falls gets turned off so that's a running joke us locals have around here

[@ArrowLooper]

And why didn't you remove the barge

[@JBeamGT3]

i love the obvious contrast between an ignorant young lady and a wise old lady. Someone with some sense would appreciate that our taxes are going towards preserving the falls for future generations, not be disappointed that it'll be closed for a superficial amount of time.

[@GARHYLT01]

I thought the CBS logo was going over the falls near the end of the video.

[@aaronraufman8092]

How much does it cost to fix nature?

[@marcusfoto]

Did this ever get done?

[@theone2be33]

I would like to be there when its dried up and would like to see it when they let the water back in. Watching all that water come hurling by at 1000mph! Awesome! Hope someone gets drone footage!

[@supertornadogun1690]

The usa, the only country to feel the need to "repair" a natural phenomenon

[@keithpurduecroft]

It happened also in 1848 and 1903.

[@buddyclem7328]

Keith Purdue ...and in 1969.

[@lillemegpower2621]

and in 2017

[@heatherhillman1]

So...... when are they going to fix the falls itself? I first saw the falls in 1997. When I returned in 2012 I think it was, I couldn't believe the amount of erosion that had taken place in those 15 years! It really needs to be addressed before this natural wonder is gone for future generations.

[@stonedbatman2067]

Have they done it yet?

[@rupeshchavan6372]

0:49 Duckies dont give a fuck ...

[@allenra530]

Of course, eventually the erosion under the lip of the falls will cause it to collapse back to Lake Erie. All of those tourist facilities are just temporary.

[@Davidjon1946]

Limestone rock formations in Thailand pretty cool to think of when you see it some of them are is high and wide as the Horseshoe Canadian Falls and you could think of how old is it would look shut off the Horseshoe Falls It Is by these rock formations in Thailand they are limestone as well same as Niagara Falls

[@Visionery1]

Sorry, this news anchor is a classic example of too much Botox. Don't women realize how frightening and unnatural they look.

[@kazishacez25]

Visionery1 either you're a flamer or an ugly jealous girl

[@chadwaldron3594]

I was thinking the exact same thing, Botox is fucking terrible. Fake face.

[@larry459714]

ha. i rewatched the video and her top lip never moves.

[@jayp.6166]

Nah they kinda have a point. There something up with her mouth fa sho

[@luahtalimalie1654]

Her body her money. Who cares

[@SUPERIDOLProductions]

It would be interesting to see it like that though. Tat's for those who live there. I want to see it in Full Action when I see it!

[@kevinlowe87ify]

5 years later and nothing has been done

[@Woody615]

Who is the opening News reporter? She looks familiar.

[@CulturedWhiteBoy]

Forget the Fall, Kalie, let's me and you go bowlin'. lol

[@amyntut]

I'm going to say what some may or may not be thinking....not to be weird or morbid but I bet they could bring some families closure and find remains of loved ones there.

[@Mike-ui6sn]

Holy botox! lol (News anchor)

[@bossbaby8745]

Why does the new anchors face not move properly

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

Page 177+3 Jack Lasenby grew up in Waikato. Is Niagara a name for a ship?

[@ivorjohn3016]

you mean they will divert from some of the smaller falls that make up the group of them known as Niagara falls. looks like the main "Horseshoe Falls" will still be the great sight that it is

[@angelfigueroa310]

The water fall is nice .... the city is ghetto two blocks away from the fall .reminds me of Detroit

[@quinnkids177]

I love Niagara Falls it's really close to me

[@pinkfreud62]

Make the Falls Great Again!

[@nintendo9231889]

I wish we had footage of the november 1969 dynamite release from upstream! Now THAT would be cool.

[@lavoniajohallharris3313]

Now that would be entertainment!!

[@AliNgoVlogs]

It looks nice without water, like a mini mountain

[@jaidyn424]

Canada’s side is so much better because your looking at the American side.

[@buckfuttler2877]

i bet they learned how to spell "you're" in Canada.....

[@djbones01]

Um. No not really. We avert our eyes from the stain on the landscape that is Buffalo.

[@Dredrewdre1]

The American side gets the better part of the falls but the condition of the actual city is an eyesore

[@brianpreston8483]

buffalo is a total shit hole

[@andrewbeaudry4399]

Niagara falls is dirty on both sides. The Canadian falls are bigger, but you get a pretty good view from both sides. It us true the CDN side is a nicer shit hole. Canadians or Americans shouldn't take it personal the falls were tgere before you, and will still be there when you're dead, so relax

[@Elocian]

Ok, my question is do you really need to drain the river to build a bridge? Heck, we build bridges hundreds of feet long over rivers and don’t break a sweat. Do you really need to drain the river to build a single piece arch bridge with no supports actually in the water?

[@robertyoung3992]

they didn't drain it,it was a coffer dam

[@robertyoung3992]

they don't drain it,it will be blocked by a cofferdam as it was in 1969

[@alexsiemers7898]

All I assume is that working with a waterfall not far upstream is a lot more risky than a regular flowing river.

[@theone2be33]

Oh my my. Look what we have here folks. An Albert Einstein! A Modern Day Mr. Know It All! A real class act! You're right, we CAN build the bridge without stopping the water. What were we all idiots thinking??? Thank God for this guy!!!

[@jessicah3450]

Yeah fix those old bridges, please.

[@busystudying6711]

Only 24 million!? I thought it would cost so much more. It's a lot of work to divert all that water and then build a bridge

[@chadkeech5030]

They say it's going to take 9 months and 24 million dollars... Just think, if they didn't use NY union workers it would take 6 weeks and 2 million dollars

[@DanTweekStudios]

9 months = 3 years on government timelines. 24 million = 75 million. It'll get done, but way later and way over budget. Just hire a Danish lock company to do it and be done with it. It'll be cheaper and faster.

[@janzatecky9024]

Did they just turn off the tap

[@danhenson7366]

wouldnt the natural thing be to move back the walkways? ive never been there so i dont know but id say move the people back and let the falls do what they do

[@MrEddieG420]

the falls going dry not only will draw more people on the American side to see them dry then would have went if water was flowing. same on the Canadian side. its a rare event.

[@mrknotthall]

what's wrong with her upper lip at 0:01?

[@derpfrog5625]

0:48 those are some badass geese.

[@frez777]

"24 million dollars", that's a drop in the bucket compared to other ways money gets spent by governments.

[@yamomsaidicould7490]

Definitely not why they stopped the falls back then. Damn sure isn't why they wanna stop it now

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

then why? let me guess some gay ass conspiracy theory?

[@matthewbernard4152]

Either way still looks gorgeous without the water if not even cooler seeing it without because most will never see it that way.

[@curtisyastic4130]

And that's the way the cookie crumbles

[@DarthCookieKS]

Curtis Yastic I'm not going to crumble though

[@matthewbrown8296]

and they still haven't even started doing that

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Who is that host?

[@DylanTaylor]

But did it ever happen?

[@davidmaiolo]

I like how from this to "this" wasn't Niagara Falls, but the American Falls

[@andrewhanson5942]

OK folks, they don't turn the water off completely! Just divert it to the other side for a while. Get it?

[@seanwebb605]

It's not a wonder of the world. It's a river going over a cliff. It's very well understood. It's pretty. It's powerful. Even maybe enchanting. But not a wonder. Plus the Canadian side is better.

[@levoGAMES]

I hope it doesn't happen anytime soon, I wanna see that place.

[@mikecassidy8322]

I just wanna come and see what kind of treasure one might find!!!

[@Camman010]

Leave it alone and let nature do what it does best.

[@wwesmackdownvsraw]

I'd like to see what's underneath the Canadian falls if they can shut off the Canadian falls

[@kanyeeast8189]

Dead Bodys

[@luiszelaya8698]

Its. Ok. Niagara falls canadian sude. Is. Beatiful😍😍😍👍👍👍

[@xp7575]

Canadian side is ok if you're there for wax museums and shitty bars full of 19 year old kids but you can't walk out across the river and see the falls from the islands there the way you can on the US side

[@phil.l.1327]

Jst as long as it doesnt have an effect on the Canadian side of the Falls we're good.

[@thedragon9494]

I went to the nagara falls before

[@MichaelGunner123]

Did this ever occur? Hope so. Was necessary.

[@kaneezazeez]

As a Canadian, the Canadian Side of Niagra Falls has always looked better. Please don’t divert the water.

[@LuMaxQFPV]

Dried up mode is quieter. That constant roar gets old.

[@iliketrains0pwned]

Not really, only the American and Bridal Veil falls with be shut off. The Horseshoe Falls will take on all the extra water. So instead of getting quieter, one waterfall will become twice as loud.

[@floorsinbower8612]

Who told you to constantly listen to it? There's millions of other people who haven't been. Not all about you

[@nflong1]

Lu Johnson you're right.... I live right up the road.... Im also tired of fireworks EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!!!

[@orangeradishneo]

nflong1 yeah they started doing daily fireworks for the tourists in the summer -_- it'll continue until labour day :/