jesus wasn't the only one
i too can walk on water (solid water but who cares about details?).
this is me standing on a lake. i'm about the biggest chicken out there, but after i saw all the trucks and SUVs out in the middle of the lake, i decided it was safe enough for me to venture a few feet from the shore.
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I still haven't been brave enough to try that. I want to, though!
Posted by: +mojan. | February 10, 2005 09:21 PM
ice-walking... nice.
Posted by: delara | February 10, 2005 11:59 PM
Some of the people near where I grew up weren't the brightest. We had a cold spell in Tennessee one year and the ponds froze over. They decided they'd test the thickness of the ice with their trucks. The cracking of the ice was like thunderpeals. I was amazed when they didn't break through.
Posted by: george | February 11, 2005 07:32 PM
Not to be a comment hog, but...
Yay for your new banner, Meisa! It totally rawks!
Posted by: george | February 14, 2005 07:49 PM
okay - so i haven't completely stopped blogging. here i am, commenting away. what else is there to do while i'm waiting for a tape to duplicate itself?
but, anyway, meisa, where was the lake you walked on? here in chicago?
and, does anyone else understand the science behind what happens to lake michigan when it's snowy and freezing outside? i could have sworn that a few weeks ago when we had those snow storms, that the water near the shoreline was frozen. but, yet, way out in the distance i could see blue water that was clearly not frozen. is that true? and if so, how could only a part of the lake freeze and not be affected by waves from the unfrozen portion hitting against the ice?
Posted by: kari | February 15, 2005 03:36 PM
twas not lake michigan...i'd never have the balls to do that. lake geneva in wisconsin. much smaller and most definately frozen through.
as far as the science, i think during the winter, the deeper portions of the lake are warm (which is why when the weather is warm, the lake is really cold until it "turns over" and the warm water rises. i don't remember what word they use for that). anyway, in the parts where it isn't so deep, the water is colder because the cold air on top can reach those depths. so on the shoreline where it is more shallow, it freezes. as far as the waves go, if you notice, there is a huge ice barrier along the shoreline where the waves hit up against and freeze when they hit land. more waves come and freeze onto the ice that was there before and you get these huge pile-ups.
did that sound believeable? because i'm pretty sure i pulled most of that out of my ass.
Posted by: meisa | February 15, 2005 06:32 PM
oh and thanks george! i'm slowly but surely figuring out how to do stuff. many thanks go out to my html for dummies book. :)
Posted by: meisa | February 15, 2005 06:33 PM