Correction: I posted the message regarding the quiz question for Frank Anscombe. Please send your responses to frank at: anscombe.frank@epa.gov
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- Subject: Re: GLIN==> quiz show great lakes answer
- From: Dave Reid <reid@glerl.noaa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:28:51 -0400
- References: <s7bd4d73.095@RT-MAIL2.RTP.EPA.GOV>
Mark: Yes, philosophically and physically you're correct, but perception and politics steer (taint??) reality. Since society has historically presented and treated them as TWO lakes (note that even the GLWQA established a different target P load for each), they "are" two lakes, and the answer is correct in the context it was asked. Otherwise there would be four Great Lakes, not five!! Seems that colloquialism has a lot of power!! Dave Reid ----- Original Message ----- From: MARK ELSTER <ELSTER.MARK@epamail.epa.gov> To: <glin-announce@glc.org> Cc: <ANSCOMBE.FRANK@epamail.epa.gov> Sent: August 20, 1999 12:42 Subject: GLIN==> quiz show great lakes answer 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * glin-announce is hosted by the Great Lakes Information Network: http://www.great-lakes.net To search the glin-announce archives: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/index.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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