For the first time in recorded history, Lake Erie is empty due to all the water being turned into lake effect snow which has blanketed the city of Erie.
“As we know, when cold air moves over the lake, it picks up water and deposits it as snow, “ said Meteorologist Dr. Patrick Timmells of the National Weather Service in Cleveland. “Since Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it only took a few heavy snow bands to completely drain it.”
93-year-old John Fay, a lifelong Erie resident, says he’s never seen anything like this. “This is worse than December of 1944. Back then, only half the lake was drained. My buddy and I waded to Canada and back.”
One local fisherman plans to take advantage of the situation. “I won’t even have to take my boat off the trailer, “said Frank “Mooneye” Kapitsky. “There should be a lot of cold fish flopping around that I can just scoop up.”
According to Dr. Timmels, the lake will replenish after the snow melts in the spring.
gooferie 
Loving the fun! It will be so much easier to pick up pieces of beach glass now. hehehe
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This is great!
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We will certainly pass this compliment on to the author of this article. Thanks for reading!
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If this is true, I am cancelling my trip to Niagara Falls! There will be noting to see!
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You gotta be kidding me. Fuck I live in Erie. And that lake is far from drained. You gotta be a fool to believe this.
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Of course, nobody believes this. It’s satire. It’s called GoofErie!
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Do you have no grasp of satire?
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you know this is a satire website right?
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same
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Where was this photo taken?
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In the 57 mile gaping hole that used to be Lake Erie.
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Hahahaha perfect answer.
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Your headline got me for half a second, thinking of what happened to Tampa Bay. LOL Your article is so creative and is sure to make people smile.
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It made me smile! Thanks to the creative person walking to Canada! Happy New Year!
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I just drove by the bay today and there was normal amount of water. This is false news…did CNN post this? Lol
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I wouldn’t be surprised if they picked it up and ran with it. 🙂
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Ahhh I remember the old days when satire was satire, and people didn’t freak out and start screaming “fake news”!
To the author, nicely done.
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Omg people that’s why it’s called goof erie
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You’d think people would realize by the name alone . . . but sometimes reading the comments is as funny as the articles themselves.
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This is Donald, FAKE NEWS AGAIN!
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Is this a April fools joke?!
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No, it’s *an* April Fool’s joke
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just one big fish in a small pool of water is all that can be found of all the fish in the lake
itthe fish, a 12 foot tiger musky rumored to be living in the lagoons of Erie’s Peninsula, ate all the rest for the extra space. also,Niagra falls water has stopped falling. it is reported the local residents are all stunned by the silence and the city has made loud thumping bass is now required from the local traffic.
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Assuming it be true, I doubt it is, there be no water flowing over Niagara Falls. More likely to be low tide.
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But wouldn’t the clouds get so heavy above the lake the world would come to a stop? How would the world get to start spinning to melt the snow and fill the lake up again? What would happen if it fell in the wrong place?
I wish these sort of things wouldn’t happen so I wouldn’t have to ask so many bloody questions.
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Loll what a thought , glad too see some humor in these trying times . Wonder how much snow it would really make
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Where is it drained
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And winter just started.
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This isn’t even funny for satire! This is just click bait! Get a real job!
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Of course it’s not funny. The drying up of a great lake is a tragic event.
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Reblogged this on idiotprufs.
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