Re: Winter Driving in SW Ontario?

In article <13ophka229skqde@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 "miker" <miker4butnospamok@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I would think an easy part of rivers would be no cross-currents (tho
wind
> could substitute to a degree). As you say, there's only upstream and
> dowstream.

But any Mississippi pilot will tell you that the channel is different on 
every trip. Sandbars ****ft, snags move, banks collapse, deep channels 
fill in. The Coast Guard is constantly ****fting channel buoys to help 
pilots keep up with the changes.

And there are indeed cross currents from tributaries, eddies, and 
underwater obstructions.

As for upstream/downstream, when the river's flowing at 10 or 12 knots, 
a down-bound tow may require a couple of miles to stop!

-- 
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C