[MrEdd]

It still is the ice age.

[ClearCase_guy]

We are currently in an inter-glacial period. But we are technically still in an Ice Age. It’s been going on for thousands of years.

Note also that the Maunder Minimum/little Ice Age from roughly 1250 to 1850 caused a serious dip in temperatures. If temperatures today are seen to rise a bit, it’s hardly surprising, alarming, or controllable.

[metmom]

I know a woman who had a cottage on the north shore of Lake Erie and bragged about it constantly.

Until the lake shore erosion from the winter ice started eating up her property line until the cottage basically fell into the lake. Then she whined about how they were losing their cottage. Nobody gave her much sympathy.

Waterfront property comes with its risks.

[Robert DeLong]

Interesting story and an interesting way of presenting it. Good job.

Bulldoze the sand into the lake, then it will be unable to blow around. Perhaps they could ferry it out to the middle of the lake and create a small island?? LOL

[CodeToad]

Definitely the thread of the day. Very interesting.

[COBOL2Java]

Quick! Buy your oceanfront property in central Kansas now! All you have to do is wait for the return of the Western Interior Seaway!

I'm sure AlGore will predict its return when the ice caps melt, LOL

[raybbr]

A long time ago me and my friends hiked Sleeping Bear Dunes to the lake. It’s a long walk and is like living in the original “Planet of the Apes” movie. Something people should try to see in their lifetime.

[onona]

Nice post NOBO. You done good.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I didn't know about the dunes in Michigan gobbling up buildings. It's ironic that we have the opposite problem here on the California coast. Constant erosion gobbles up land and coastal buildings. Pity the home owner whose land has simply ceased to even exist.

[T-Bird45]

You have hit every point right on the head with that post. I constantly point out that it’s ridiculous on its face to expect to drive a stake in the ground to say this should stay exactly as it is forever and anything else must be caused by evil greedy capitalist misogynistic men. It illustrates absolutely no understanding of the earth as a dynamic (i.e. not static) system as can be demonstrated over the millennia like your photos and illustrations show. It is utter scientific malpractice to say otherwise. It’s also contrary to logic to appeal to authority as the basis for an argument.

[ghostkatz]

Wow !! Wish I had studied more geology like I had planned to. This stuff is fascinating. Good thread, have it bookmarked. The only thing certain is that things change, esp this planet, regardless of us humans.

[Glad2bnuts]

Excellent thread, bookmarked for future studies. Thank you