tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165592519287259055.post3375122280249325860..comments2024-02-25T09:36:36.846-08:00Comments on Three Minutes to Nine: Between the Rain StormsGinger Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334574316518084961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165592519287259055.post-45584965934390137412011-05-18T10:14:25.164-07:002011-05-18T10:14:25.164-07:00Thanks, Joan. Very interesting bit of history!Thanks, Joan. Very interesting bit of history!Ginger Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334574316518084961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165592519287259055.post-55480048588821118332011-05-18T09:43:29.501-07:002011-05-18T09:43:29.501-07:00Wonderful photos. Here's something I found abo...Wonderful photos. Here's something I found about Green Lake: On Christmas Eve the Park Department determined that the ice was too thin and put a stop to the skating. But the skaters protested in such numbers that the Park Board reconsidered and allowed skating at the south end only where the ice was thickest. In 1909 Green Lake was still the lake left by the last ice age. The tributary from Licton Springs was at its north end, and the outflow to Ravenna Creek and Lake Washington’s Union Bay was its east end. This meant that the lake’s south end was the least disturbed.<br /><br />Two years later in 1911 the lake was lowered seven feet, in order to landscape a lake-wrapping park on the reclaimed shoreline. The lowering, of course, put a stop to the lake’s ancient circulation. The result was the “Green Lake Itch,” although this was never a rash concern in the winter.<br /><br />This info is part of a long essay about early Seattle winters, at:<br />http://pauldorpat.com/seattle-now-then-archive/a-history-of-seattle-snows-exposed/seattle-snows-part-4/Joan Husbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917561944785527342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165592519287259055.post-44022621343817181622011-05-17T09:31:22.765-07:002011-05-17T09:31:22.765-07:00What a pleasurable visual jaunt today via your blo...What a pleasurable visual jaunt today via your blog! "Stout" is just the right word for the wind that day. So enjoyed our expedition and look forward to more.Karen S.noreply@blogger.com