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?
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.
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?”
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.
@@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..
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.
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
@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
😇 *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.
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!
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.
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
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
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
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?
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 !!
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.
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.
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?
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!!!
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.
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.
I walked on the dried falls in 1969. I was in grade 6. So glad I had that experience.
Me too, i always had a dare me problem lol
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?
@@michaelrawson6261 oh yes
Were you stunned to find skeletons like all the other scientists in those other clickbait videos about the draining of the falls in 1969?
Please post positive proof pronto
Pics preferred
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.
That and if they look a few hundred yards up river there a much larger waterfall to look at lol
AMCT 101 even as someone living in the area, I'd definitely go there to see the falls run dry
You've never looked at the side of a cliff? lmao
AMCT 101 Its sad that it can be turned in and off like sink water😐
AMCT 101 I live 30 minutes away from Niagara Falls lol
I wanna see the video of them turning the falls back ON.
Once they hook the electric cables up 👍
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?”
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.
Very smart mama bear! Once in a lifetime experience for sure.
@@robertstutesman7764Just stop.
Your mom was correct. Once on a lifetime experience.
@@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..
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.
A Franca : you are a dork
A Franca for real
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
Come and see what, a rock wall? lol
@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.
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.
Geese sitting on rocks near the edge @0:47 are like "Eh. We could fly away if need be. No worries."
My family went behind Niagara falls in 1964! The sight and sound of it were unforgettable!
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.
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.
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.
Yeah I was there when half was blocked off.
I was actually thinking of that myself when I saw the pictures. But thank you for clarifying this issue!
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
paulgrem best thing to do, let it resume its own course.
i give up. im off. off off
That made *literally* no sense whatsoever! You should stay off the drugs.
Back in 1954 the falls had a huge rock slide.
I just watched that clip on youtube, awesome!
The falls has been there only 50,000 years or so and will keep crumbling as the river erodes it.
i just came from that vid
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
Bob Warren:... the "falls" in their many guises and locations along their erosion course, have only existed for some 12,500 years... .
Thank you guys for all information.
The Canadian side looks better,always has.
true
Yea
Racist
In more ways than one.
Mark Z U C C youre just not racist enough.
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.
The original Niagara falls burned down in 1813
Aaron Cole Lol
Not lol, sorry.
i was there Gandalf !
The water was on fire for days
The Chinese will build a copy, no problem !!
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
I just went to the falls and I had a really good time the Maid of the mist was really cool
look at the geese just chillin atop of that Massive Waterfall!
I tell my friends that I was on my honeymoon in 1969 when the American falls were turned off. Nobody believes me !
rodhigh7 Which part did they not believe? The love part or falls being turned off?
prob both lmao
Honeymoon ! You should of been too busy to notice the falls ,wet or dry . now after 8 kids you wish you did
Now there even talking about making the Hudson crystal clear even
I would love to medal detect the now dry areas under the lookout.
jesse wilson i was just thinking that
I would rather Metal detect....but thats just me
maybe he wants to find medals. lol
They are looking for gold other valuable minerals. Not for long but to test the area to see how much.
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
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.
Planet has to change sometimes. Should we let it go or keep it going. I commend their efforts for trying to bring it back.
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.
Or by NYC!
Coumo took it lol
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
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.
Muhammad Ahmed
I'm voting for anyone but Andrew Cuomo.
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
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.
Tell me you've never been without saying it 😂
Nobody gives a fuck about canada
Forget the Fall, Kalie, let's me and you go bowlin'. lol
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
Have the repairs finished yet, where does the river go these days, where did they get all the rock to fill that big ditch?
😇 *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.
I love the Falls and Gorge, but love to have NC mountains in my backyard 😉
@@lavoniajohallharris3313
😇 NY has more mountains 😇
Adirondacks are over 6.1
Million Acres. Larger the the 5 largest National Parks combined.
Either way still looks gorgeous without the water if not even cooler seeing it without because most will never see it that way.
I thought the CBS logo was going over the falls near the end of the video.
I wish we had footage of the november 1969 dynamite release from upstream! Now THAT would be cool.
Now that would be entertainment!!
How much does it cost to fix nature?
Holy botox! lol (News anchor)
It looks nice without water, like a mini mountain
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!
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.
How do they drain it?
You don’t drain it. You block the water flowing toward it. The Canadian fall can handle it.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles
Curtis Yastic I'm not going to crumble though
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
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!
Have they done it yet?
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
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
Did the new bridge ever get put in?
5 years later and nothing has been done
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
I like how from this to "this" wasn't Niagara Falls, but the American Falls
Who is the opening News reporter? She looks familiar.
I was there back in 1987. The sales tax was ten percent. You would think they could use that money for any necessary improvements.
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.
Yesterday I saw the fall collaps, today there's a repairing.
I love Niagara Falls it's really close to me
Why does the new anchors face not move properly
But did it ever happen?
I hope it doesn't happen anytime soon, I wanna see that place.
DAAANG! Wish I was there to go to the bottom and search for gold nuggets!
I wonder how the bridge was built 105 years ago 🤔
Canada's side is so much better!;) we get all the good things!
Edward Norton What is Canadian bacon, I've only heard of it on American tv?
Have fun getting arrested for using the wrong "pronoun". Bunch of canadian pussies.
XSRtiliry canada sucks fuckin ass. Socialist POS
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?
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 !!
The water fall is nice .... the city is ghetto two blocks away from the fall .reminds me of Detroit
Did this ever get done?
What happened to the caption
I worked on this project in 69 and we found pirate treasure
This guy sounds like Joe Rogan with a sinus infection
Page 177+3
Jack Lasenby grew up in Waikato.
Is Niagara a name for a ship?
0:48 those are some badass geese.
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.
Definitely not why they stopped the falls back then. Damn sure isn't why they wanna stop it now
then why? let me guess some gay ass conspiracy theory?
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.
It happened also in 1848 and 1903.
Keith Purdue ...and in 1969.
and in 2017
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?
they didn't drain it,it was a coffer dam
they don't drain it,it will be blocked by a cofferdam as it was in 1969
All I assume is that working with a waterfall not far upstream is a lot more risky than a regular flowing river.
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!!!
Did they just turn off the tap
i haven't even known they were broken
Make the Falls Great Again!
What the hell happend to the captions?!
Jst as long as it doesnt have an effect on the Canadian side of the Falls we're good.
and they still haven't even started doing that
All thEy have to do is come over to the more beautiful side of the falls.
Wow it's dried?
No niagra?
The usa, the only country to feel the need to "repair" a natural phenomenon
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.
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
O hell it will be years down the road
Who is that host?
I went to the nagara falls before
Wow
Wonder how many bodies they find over the falls they go in a barrel
So, what happened? Did they turn the water off again? Did they make the repairs? Are people still sad?
Come to the Canadian Side... we still going strong!
And why didn't you remove the barge
Amazing we have the ability to control a powerful force of nature!
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.
I'd like to see what's underneath the Canadian falls if they can shut off the Canadian falls
Dead Bodys
They need to move some of the stone at the bottom
I want to see it with no water :( I live 15 minutes away and go 2 to 3 times a year lol.