what will porter do now?
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what will porter do now?
So now that Toronto is expecting a cold snap and the ferries said they wont be able to run, how will porter get their passengers over to the island? Walk them across the ice?
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Quote: "So now that Toronto is expecting a cold snap and the ferries said they wont be able to run,"
Why not run the ferry 24 hours a day to keep the channel open? The NWT does this with the ferry at Fort Providence to keep the channel open until about Christmas and until the ice bridge has become strong enough for vehicles. Of course, Toronto could always call in the army to keep it open!
Why not run the ferry 24 hours a day to keep the channel open? The NWT does this with the ferry at Fort Providence to keep the channel open until about Christmas and until the ice bridge has become strong enough for vehicles. Of course, Toronto could always call in the army to keep it open!
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I really wish they just built the damn bridge. I love flying Porter...
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wouldn't they do what they normally do when the weather prevents them from operating in and out of CYTZ? i.e. operate out of CYYZ
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Government bail out...why not? Everyone else gets one.
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Golly guy, there doesn't seem to be any mention of the airport ferry being impacted. Could you elaborate as to who "they" are?mighty mouse wrote:So now that Toronto is expecting a cold snap and the ferries said they wont be able to run, how will porter get their passengers over to the island? Walk them across the ice?
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Yes global warming. We never used to have "cold snaps". It was called winter, it was always cold.Embraer190 wrote:wtf happened to global warming?
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The airport uses an icebreaker to keep the channel clean. Not sure who "they" are, but "they" are either telling you bullshit or they are not talking about the island airport ferry. Besides Porter, there are essential medivacs that go in and out of that airport daily, and this is not the first cold snap Toronto has seen since the airport opened in 1939...mighty mouse wrote:So now that Toronto is expecting a cold snap and the ferries said they wont be able to run, how will porter get their passengers over to the island? Walk them across the ice?
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I would call in an Airstrike if Mel can call the army in to shovel snow I think the Air force could pull there weight a little.
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any bets on bay street being there after our boys get though with the iceNATO AIR crews demonstrated their levels of vigilance at the weekend by managing to lose a drifting Canadian weather balloon as tall as St Paul's Cathedral.
Since its launch a week ago from Saskatchewan in Canada, the helium-filled balloon has tormented air-traffic controllers and left air force top brass defending their pilots, who appear to be more spud gun than Top Gun.
Taller than Big Ben, wider than five football pitches and visible from 40 miles, it might appear difficult to miss.
But US Navy officers admitted they had not found the balloon after it survived a 1,000-round machine-gunning and evaded the best efforts of three nations. The US Navy did not help by dispatching P-3 Orion planes with the wrong radar.
It was only when another P-3 plane was dispatched that the balloon was finally located. It was due to enter Norwegian air space overnight.
The runaway had last been seen on Saturday 200 miles north-east of Iceland but a US surveillance plane abandoned the search on Sunday morning. Winds were pushing it towards Spitsbergen, in Norway, forcing air traffic controllers to re-route commercial air traffic over the North Atlantic.
A US Navy pilot thought he had spotted the balloon yesterday, but had to turn back with propeller problems. Then RAF Nimrods were scrambled from Kinloss in Scotland, but they failed to report success.
The balloon escaped after being launched last Monday from a site near Saskatoon, in western Canada, to measure ozone levels. Two Canadian CF- 18 jet fighters were scrambled to shoot it down. They failed. But senior officers in the Royal Canadian Air Force have sprung to the defence of pilots, who are among the most accomplished in the force.
Lt Col Steve Willis tried to explain. "With something like this, which is stationary in the air when the CF-18s are flying very, very fast, it is difficult to shoot it," he said. "The pilots shot at it but there was no visible effect. We are not embarrassed. Our pilots are tops."
Missiles were not deployed because of the huge cost, said one source. A single missile alone costs several hundred thousand dollars.
Ironically, the balloon may yet succeed where Steve Fossett and Richard Branson have failed. Both have made repeated attempts to be the first to accomplish a non-stop flight around the world in a balloon.

I think that if you stick to the dotted lines when making the folds your might have some aviation success.
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ok maybe we can just go down a . grenades in the bay all day long, We could get Nark in there with an AT4 or a M203 to liven up the show.
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Mighty mouse
Are you worried about not being able to get to YTZ?
or off?
Are you worried about not being able to get to YTZ?
or off?
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They could use an air compressor to pump air under the water .It will disurb the water enough to keep the ice from closing the channel.The more air the more it raises the warm water from the bottom of the lake.For some strange reason there is a layer of warm water about two feet above the bottom of the lake.
Lake ontario is a huge source of heat in the winter that has never been exploited in the winter and offers cheap cooling in the summer.Just needs some plumbing and a few heat exchangers.
Lake ontario is a huge source of heat in the winter that has never been exploited in the winter and offers cheap cooling in the summer.Just needs some plumbing and a few heat exchangers.
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Wow that's some fine reporting about the weather balloon...."Royal Canadian Air Force"? Not for a while now fellas...
But senior officers in the Royal Canadian Air Force have sprung to the defence of pilots
I’m still waiting for my white male privilege membership card. Must have gotten lost in the mail.
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Plumbing and heat exchangers are already there for cooling purposes. Don't believe it gets warm enough to offer the same efficiencies for heating as it does for cooling.Lake ontario is a huge source of heat in the winter that has never been exploited in the winter and offers cheap cooling in the summer.Just needs some plumbing and a few heat exchangers.
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