The name "Cuyahoga" is believed to mean what?
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Answer: Crooked river
The Mohawk name "Cayagaga" is believed to mean "crooked river". The river runs south, then turns sharply north in a U.
Lake Five archive · No. 14
Monday, October 26
Five questions about Lake Erie and Cleveland’s waterfront. Tap an answer; the explanation and source open underneath.
About how many people were told not to drink Toledo's tap water in August 2014?
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Answer: About 400,000
Roughly 400,000 people in and around Toledo had no drinkable tap water from August 2 to August 4, 2014.
For heavy lake-effect snow, cold air needs to travel at least about how far over open water?
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Answer: About 60 miles
Cold air crossing roughly 60 miles or more of unfrozen lake picks up enough moisture to drop heavy snow downwind.
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Erie
Burke Lakefront Airport is named after whom?
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Answer: Thomas Burke, a mayor of Cleveland
City council voted in 1958 to name the airport for Mayor Thomas Burke; it was dedicated in 1960.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Burke Lakefront Airport
Zebra mussels are native to which part of the world?
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Answer: Eastern Europe and western Asia
They come from the lakes and rivers of eastern Europe and western Asia (around the Black and Caspian Seas).
Source: USGS: What are zebra mussels and why should we care about them?
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