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When the lake bed was dry? When exactly would that have been? As I recall, the Great Lakes were supposed to have been carved into the ground by glaciers. The only way all that ice would have been emptied out of the lake beds was when it melted...at which point it should have _become_ the lake (remember, when a glacier "retreats", it's not actually flowing back the way it came, but rather the leading edge is either melting or sublimating). And anything that was standing prior to the glacial carving would certainly no longer be arranged the way they had originally been erected before thousnads of tons of ice flowed through and carved huge canyons in the ground.
Now, since glaciers aren't _just_ ice, I'd say it's safe to say that there were probably a bunch of gigantic boulders caught up in the ice flow, which would have gone straight to the lake bed when the glacier melted. It's possible that a boulder that took this ride could have had carvings on it before it joined the glacier, but any carvings should have been obliterated by the glacial ice flow.
So, the reason this was announced to little fanfare was because it is completely illogical to believe that a true stonehenge-like arrangement of stones would have survived to end up on the lake bed. It also wouldn't make a lot of sense that people with no interaction with the druids would have erected something that appears to have been unique to their culture.
@NickIQ: Not as hard as you'd imagine. The Army corp of engineers has through the use of the locks system lowered the level of the lakes as much as 10 feet in previous years.
@Dormouse is a Contrarian: hey hey hey. Lake Michigan borders more than one state, bub. i forsee Mayor Daley laying claim to this to pump up Chicago's prospects for the 2016 Olympics.
Has more than a year passed since you joined Florida in nearly fucking up a presidential election? Has the auto industry acknowledged the sort of undeniable ubiquity of the 21st century yet? Are Kid Rock and the Nuge dead yet?
@ldevitt: No, I'm one of those people who makes jokes about Michigan, among other states. (Nothing personal, Dormouse! I know many lovely Michiganders and have always enjoyed my time in your homeland!) Anyway, why?
@ldevitt: Oh! I thought maybe you were a big Ted Nugent fan accusing me of being commie pinko scum. Which would have been fine, except for the Ted Nugent-fandom part.
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Now, since glaciers aren't _just_ ice, I'd say it's safe to say that there were probably a bunch of gigantic boulders caught up in the ice flow, which would have gone straight to the lake bed when the glacier melted. It's possible that a boulder that took this ride could have had carvings on it before it joined the glacier, but any carvings should have been obliterated by the glacial ice flow.
So, the reason this was announced to little fanfare was because it is completely illogical to believe that a true stonehenge-like arrangement of stones would have survived to end up on the lake bed. It also wouldn't make a lot of sense that people with no interaction with the druids would have erected something that appears to have been unique to their culture.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha, drain the great lakes? Yes, Let's try.
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*shrugs*
I don't see anything special about it. Somebody on one of the sites mentioned something about it being a calendar, but I don't buy it.
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Please find another analogy.
*Turns back to clouds for further instruction.*
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Has more than a year passed since you joined Florida in nearly fucking up a presidential election? Has the auto industry acknowledged the sort of undeniable ubiquity of the 21st century yet? Are Kid Rock and the Nuge dead yet?
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