New and Improved
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
December 9, 2016 6:36am CST
How do you improve on Niagara Falls?
I have lots of ideas, but they involve getting rid of all the commercial aspects and returning to low rise hotels.)
This year, on December 1st, new and improved lighting was unveiled.
The lights are brighter, clearer (more economical) and aimed to better display the Falls at night.
How do I know this?
My son was on the team of electricians that installed these lights. (If there is a malfunction.....he will be the first one called.)
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 16
OH my they are looking gorgeous! I love visiting Niagara Falls and have been lucky to visit twice although I have nto stayed overnight to see them lit up. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 16
@Morleyhunt Tall buildings are horrible and cause so much more wind than normal. I hate it in London when it is windy!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
Niagara Falls can be breathtakingly beautiful when conditions are favourable with the lights. All the tall buildings that have been built at the brink of the escarpment are changing the wind patterns so often the mist isn't clearing enough for a good light show.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
9 Dec 16
My son has worked on many different and interesting projects since becoming an electrician.
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@deadreak (653)
• Dagupan City, Philippines
9 Dec 16
@Morleyhunt we have the same skill ma'am i like being an electrician. I know your son is happy being an electrician too. You they daid that we are the smartest guy in the field of construction.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
10 Dec 16
I haven´t been to Niagara falls. The only falls I have seen are the Iguazu falls.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
10 Dec 16
@Morleyhunt I know that my parents went to Niagara Falls when they were young. My father had then a scholarship in Wood´s Hole and that was near the falls.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
I have seen many different waterfalls. Niagara Falls being the biggest. There are small waterfalls at so many places within an hours drive. We live near (on) the Niagara Escarpment. Every creek, brook, river that meanders towards Lake Ontario must find their way down this wall of rock.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
@marguicha woods Hole, is not near the falls. It is more than 800km from the falls.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Jan 19
I have visited the falls with this kind of lighting Your son must have been keeping a vigil (lol)
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
Many of the lights are in a park across from one falls. The other lights are in the gorge with tunnel access.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
11 Dec 16
That must have been fun for him. We rarely go to the falls at night but i would love to see the colors. We also tend not to go in the winter either because its so cold..
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
11 Dec 16
I avoid Niagara Falls like the plague during the summer months. The last time I went to see the lights at night, it was October, we won't say what year.....during the day...it was Jan 1 about an hour after daybreak.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
10 Dec 16
Niagara Falls is gorgeous. That is good that they are changing to more economical lighting. I hope the choices are more enviornmentally friendly as well as economical.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
Time will tell if it's environmentally friendly or not. Some things that save the environment on one end are worse at the other.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
9 Dec 16
I haven't been to Niagara Falls in 40 years, maybe I need to go back to check it out
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
If you haven't been to Niagara Falls, you will be amazed at the changes....not all of them for the better. The Skylon Tower and the Seagram (that tower has changed names so often, I can't remember what it's called right now) have been dwarfed by the high rise hotels At the edge of the escarpment.
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Dec 16
I would think the falls are pretty the way that they are.
But the lights probably add to the beauty of the falls.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
You wouldn't see the falls at night if it wasn't for the lighting. There have been lights shining on the falls at night for as long as I can remember.
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@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
9 Dec 16
Niagara Falls is so beautiful, but you are right, its so built up, but its nice that they got new lighting on the star of the show. I'd love to go and see the falls during a really cold winter when there is ice, that is something that I've yet to see there.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
I prefer going either very early in the morning (summer or winter) so the viewing areas are not so crowded. During the day, I'm more inclined to sit on a bench and watch the world (literally) pass by.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
10 Dec 16
What a cool job he has.
I would love to visit Niagara Falls one day.
I would love to visit Niagara Falls one day.@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
The lighting at the falls is just one project. He has also been involved with lots of smaller, less spectacular projects. For a number of years, when he worked with another company he was their wind turbine specialist. They even sent him to Holland to go to school for a week to learn about some of the more intricate workings.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
9 Dec 16
We take it for granted. I go in the winter...last time was New Year's Day...in a snowstorm, bitterly cold...but blessedly few people.
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