Re: American War a dystopic novel

In article <f2tlej1k8ulb5b9ik05ne69n4ci0o2ovr4@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:47:20 -0700, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>

To me the most amazing thing about the Falls are the tunnels under the
Falls on the Canadian side. There's even a hallway (roughly 15' x 15'
in size) where there's only a small standard railing preventing you
from running out into the midst of the Falls (which would obviously be
fatal) and no guards.

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Well, I suppose that's one way to weed out the more daring children.

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I walked up to the railing (about 15' from the Falls) and was amazed
they let me get that close. It's a VERY strange feeling not at all
like the fences and flower pots along the Niagara River Parkway.
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(I just looked at Google Maps and was surprised to find that on the
road map, though the Niagara river was well marked, the actual
location of the falls was not - good thing I remembered Goat Island!)

People have been lost over the falls but the ones I remember did it
the obvious way, by following the river over the edge. There was a
famous case in 1960 involving siblings Roger and Deanne Woodward,
whose rent-a-boat guide dumped them all into swift currents above the
falls Deanne got fished out just before she went over the edge, the
guide went over and was killed, and Roger went over but survived.


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