tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post795635300238666948..comments2024-03-27T13:22:37.478-07:00Comments on The Glass Character: Flying Wallendas, Niagara Falls, and meMargaret Gunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-88964388316159606742012-06-08T17:12:26.600-07:002012-06-08T17:12:26.600-07:00The Wallendas could have been asphyxiated by sewer...The Wallendas could have been asphyxiated by sewer gas.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-7076739853236179162012-06-08T13:40:44.688-07:002012-06-08T13:40:44.688-07:00The Niagara River/Falls used to serve as a giant f...The Niagara River/Falls used to serve as a giant flush toilet for Lake Erie, which in the '60s was so polluted no fish could live there. That's probably where the smell came from, that and industrial waste/chemicals.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-22575488389486706882012-06-05T22:15:52.891-07:002012-06-05T22:15:52.891-07:00I think that the lake was actually cleaned up and ...I think that the lake was actually cleaned up and de-polluted over the years. There are actually regulations now.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-39602610336791469312012-05-31T18:32:48.656-07:002012-05-31T18:32:48.656-07:00Er...I'll bet...Er...I'll <i>bet</i>...Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-7210478026668738982012-05-31T18:25:08.412-07:002012-05-31T18:25:08.412-07:00Wonder what they did. Maybe some kind of filtrati...Wonder what they did. Maybe some kind of filtration system. Ah, I'll be they planted a shitload of snails there!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-8917102064558308802012-05-31T18:21:18.295-07:002012-05-31T18:21:18.295-07:00Nah, this was actual water. I remember it from a l...Nah, this was actual water. I remember it from a long way back.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-17605271270021294542012-05-31T05:41:55.346-07:002012-05-31T05:41:55.346-07:00Maybe they just used a powerful deodorant.Maybe they just used a powerful deodorant.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-730313217482019592012-05-30T09:19:39.336-07:002012-05-30T09:19:39.336-07:00I asked my husband the biochemist and he said, &qu...I asked my husband the biochemist and he said, "It was pollution." This offers a slim ray of optimism: at least in this case we have cleaned up our act.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-81027059205635640942012-05-30T07:28:36.791-07:002012-05-30T07:28:36.791-07:00Hmmmmm. Chemical or metaphysical? I've not s...Hmmmmm. Chemical or metaphysical? I've not seen the Falls. Never had much desire to, altho were I nearby for some reason I suppose I'd want to stop by. Especially if it smelled OK.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com