GLIN==> quiz show great lakes answer

[MARK ELSTER <ELSTER.MARK@epamail.epa.gov>]

Actually, the show still seems wrong.  

Huron and Michigan are one waterbody, at the same
elevation from sea-level, with a narrowing at the Straits of
Mackinac.  

The question should be: which is the second largest of the
Great Lakes by water volume?  

The answer would be: the single waterbody which is
known colloquially by the two names, Lake Huron and
Lake Michigan.  Considered together, Huron-Michigan
still holds less water than Superior.

Alternatively, the question could be asked which of the
Great Lakes is largest by surface area?  The answer would
be Huron-Michigan.

If someone got this right in a gameshow, their winnings
would seem earned.

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