What I have suggested (in a much earlier post) is that the bays formed sequentially, on each terrace, after the sea regressed from that terrace. I absolutely do not think that they all formed at the same time. And you can see from the links I posted above, that on the artic slope, the formation of those elongated lakes is an ongoing process. I don't think that exactly the same process formed the Carolina Bays (so far there is no evidence of permafrost on the southern Coastal Plain), but I think Carolina Bay formation would have appeared similar to some observer watching from on high, through geologic time.
What's this about a "straw man"? I'm being as straightforward as I can be.
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