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Minnesotans Arguing About the Weather III: Storm's a comin'

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St. Clown said:
Yeah, it's weird. Someone in the state has declared a value somewhere, because I recall reading some values somewhere. All bodies of water over X acres came up to that 11,842 (which I remember from that MN Twins commercial, "We know that '10,000 lakes" is really Minnesota Nice for 11,842."). I also remember reading that if we used the same size here as our neighboring states, we would actually tally over 14,000 lakes here.

Also, the difference between a pond and a swamp is that a pond's water has a flow to it, like a lake, while a swamp's water is stagnant.

Lastly, around the St. Cloud are is supposed to get snow while we get rain.
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That's what I was thinking of, but can't remember the source.
 
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Slap Shot said:
If there's a size requirement than no.
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Reading their description, there is no set size requirement. Some other party DID set a size requirement, though, hence the confusion.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Reading their description, there is no set size requirement. Some other party DID set a size requirement, though, hence the confusion.
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As far as I know the official count iincludes only of bodies 10 acres or more.
 
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It's snowing something fierce in Cottage Grove.
 
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burd said:
If Minnesota has 10,000 actual lakes, then Wisconsin has 100,000 of them. 10,000 ponds, maybe. Pondettes.
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If I can walk across it, in the middle of summer, and my head doesn't go below the water, it isn't a lake in my book. It's a duck slough. I don't care if it was named or not.
 
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burd said:
If Minnesota has 10,000 actual lakes, then Wisconsin has 100,000 of them. 10,000 ponds, maybe. Pondettes.
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Minnesota has over 10,000 lakes ten acres or larger. I don't know what Wisconsin has but I know they have more. It's not like Minnesota said, "HEY WE HAVE MORE LAKES THAN THAT SHABBY STATE WISCONSIN"
 
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SJHovey said:
If I can walk across it, in the middle of summer, and my head doesn't go below the water, it isn't a lake in my book. It's a duck slough. I don't care if it was named or not.
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Aren't duck sloughs better than lakes? The pothole region is heaven, after all.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Minnesota has over 10,000 lakes ten acres or larger. I don't know what Wisconsin has but I know they have more.
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I didn't know that, actually. Just trying to stay loose for next season by throwing a little shyt your way.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Minnesota has over 10,000 lakes ten acres or larger. I don't know what Wisconsin has but I know they have more. It's not like Minnesota said, "HEY WE HAVE MORE LAKES THAN THAT SHABBY STATE WISCONSIN"
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Yeah a quick google search showed me that most sites think it's Minnesota by a long shot. We have the standards- Wisconsin counts puddles.
 
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