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gaillee01
As a lover of geology, this news caught my attention tonight! That lake was the size of ten football fields and the scientists cannot explain this!
Now, as this news cast continued, they said that Lake Superior is doing the same thing!
I can more understand the lake in Chile as they have continuous earth quakes and such from the subduction zone. However, I am not understanding Lake Superior at all!
Can anyone enlighten me? Please, only intellectual answers please!
POPS!!! What a hoot! You are brilliant!! I don't think this is the answer but, it was well thought out and hysterically funny! I should give you best answer just for the laugh!!!
Have you ever considered writing? You should!
Critters! Thanks so much! The fissure makes perfect sense! I knew it had to have something to do with earthquake activity but, was not sure what occured! Wonderful information!! I appreciate the information about Lake Superior as well!
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Lake Superior
I just finished reading the article in USA Today about Lake Superior.
Listen to this:
" Researchers at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere study whether Lake Superior's low water levels are a result of global warming. The average water temperature of Lake Superior has risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1979.
A drought and warm weather are the immediate cause of the drop in water levels. In the past year, precipitation was 6 inches less than the average of 31 inches. The lake's southern shore had a green Christmas in 2006. The ice and snow pack that usually cover the lake arrived late, allowing water to evaporate. ...
Many people living near Lake Superior don't buy drought or warm weather as the reasons for dropping water levels â a conspiracy theory is more popular. They say Lake Superior was drained through the St. Mary's River to raise the levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. " ??
Here is the link to the entire article - do read it as it is quite good.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-06-13-lake-superior_N.htm
Average: 601.92 feet
Current level: 600.25 feet.
Lowest recorded level: 599.92 feet in 1926
Maybe it is not disappearing at all.
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Glacial lake in the south of Chile.
In March everything was fine but "we went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
...one idea is that a strong quake which hit the neighbouring region of Aysen in April opened up the fissure in the bottom of the lake.
... allowing the lake's water to drain through.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm
Lake Superior
I just finished reading the article in USA Today about Lake Superior.
Listen to this:
" Researchers at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere study whether Lake Superior's low water levels are a result of global warming. The average water temperature of Lake Superior has risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1979.
A drought and warm weather are the immediate cause of the drop in water levels. In the past year, precipitation was 6 inches less than the average of 31 inches. The lake's southern shore had a green Christmas in 2006. The ice and snow pack that usually cover the lake arrived late, allowing water to evaporate. ...
Many people living near Lake Superior don't buy drought or warm weather as the reasons for dropping water levels â a conspiracy theory is more popular. They say Lake Superior was drained through the St. Mary's River to raise the levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. " ??
Here is the link to the entire article - do read it as it is quite good.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-06-13-lake-superior_N.htm
Average: 601.92 feet
Current level: 600.25 feet.
Lowest recorded level: 599.92 feet in 1926
Maybe it is not disappearing at all.
__________________
Glacial lake in the south of Chile.
In March everything was fine but "we went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
...one idea is that a strong quake which hit the neighbouring region of Aysen in April opened up the fissure in the bottom of the lake.
... allowing the lake's water to drain through.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm
Christians: How do you know which parts of the Bible are literal, and which aren't?
warmsanfra
Popular Christian opinion on Biblical stories and their context has changed countless times since it's conception. (creation story, flood, Exodus, etc.)
It seems every generation has a different take on what's literal, and what's merely symbolic/allegorical.
Even today, Christians can't all agree on what's what.
How do you know what is literal and what isn't?
Answer
Well the first step is understanding the Bible isn't a one genre publication, it is more of as an anthology.
If you try to teach an anthology as a factual text book you will have problems (as we can see in present day.)
For example say a person picked up a book that it was an anthology of short stories, non-fiction literature, poems, and informative news articles about City Life.
If this person tried to teach it as a non-fiction text book on City Life the publication isn't being presented properly.
Thus it wouldn't make sense to take all of the text literally as all of it's contents aren't written in the way that would allow it to be taken bluntly.
Same with the biblical studies, I think the mistake is that people treat the bible like a one genre book (either completely factual or completely fictional) and thus the understanding of the bible becomes muddled.
If you have a general understanding of literature and how the written word is published you would understand that the bible is a compilation of of poems, testimony, letters, etc all under the topic of Christian Spiritual Philosophy.
Concordantly you would understand some parts of that book were allegorical and poetic while other parts were informative and timelessly relative to the human condition.
Now there will always be people arguing over what is literal and what isn't because no two people share the same perspective, and you can attribute that to us being human.
Overall I think the first step in discerning what is what would be to understand the genre of the text itself and go from there.
If people were to understand the bible is a anthology perhaps it's message would get through better.
Peace and Blessings = )
Well the first step is understanding the Bible isn't a one genre publication, it is more of as an anthology.
If you try to teach an anthology as a factual text book you will have problems (as we can see in present day.)
For example say a person picked up a book that it was an anthology of short stories, non-fiction literature, poems, and informative news articles about City Life.
If this person tried to teach it as a non-fiction text book on City Life the publication isn't being presented properly.
Thus it wouldn't make sense to take all of the text literally as all of it's contents aren't written in the way that would allow it to be taken bluntly.
Same with the biblical studies, I think the mistake is that people treat the bible like a one genre book (either completely factual or completely fictional) and thus the understanding of the bible becomes muddled.
If you have a general understanding of literature and how the written word is published you would understand that the bible is a compilation of of poems, testimony, letters, etc all under the topic of Christian Spiritual Philosophy.
Concordantly you would understand some parts of that book were allegorical and poetic while other parts were informative and timelessly relative to the human condition.
Now there will always be people arguing over what is literal and what isn't because no two people share the same perspective, and you can attribute that to us being human.
Overall I think the first step in discerning what is what would be to understand the genre of the text itself and go from there.
If people were to understand the bible is a anthology perhaps it's message would get through better.
Peace and Blessings = )
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