Just after midnight, the thunderous sound of water surging over the great falls at Niagara came to a halt. The eery silence persisted throughout the day and into the next evening until the waters of Lake Erie broke through the blockage and resumed their course down the river and over the falls.
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Gosh, imagine the sound that made!
I agree with Bing. That had to have been an amazing sound.
That must have been the loudest silence in history!!