Lake Superior practically insists on oceangoing metaphors. It's an inland sea, with a rockbound coast and a bottom dotted by shipwrecks. More than 40 percent of the nation's fresh surface water is in this lake, more than 10 percent of the world's. Drain the other Great Lakes and you could refill them from Superior, with enough left over for three extra Eries.
http://www.startribune.com/10089/story/609700.html
So, now we gaze out at Lake Superior and chuckle when environmentalists, conservationists and scientists warn the lake is in danger. C'mon, Superior is better than all the other lakes -- too big, too blue, too cold to crumble from a human sucker punch.
Once again, we are wrong.
http://www.startribune.com/10089/story/609696.html
Posted by Dave at August 13, 2006 03:40 PM