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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Indeed, hence why I specified hydrologically. Geographically and politically, they are two separate lakes.

Canada couldn't handle Lake Michigan anyway, it's too warm for them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait? Are there really warm lakes? I live way North of the great lakes and have never experienced such sorcery that wasn't attached to a spring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, big time. I don't think any of the great lakes would actually fit that description though. The problem with warm lakes is that there's usually a lot more biological activity going on, so the water tends to be much less clear.

I'd prefer to swim in a cold, clear lake instead of a warm, murky lake any day of the week. That's how you get infected by one of these bad boys.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Spoken like someone who has never been in the bathwater that is Erie's western basin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I actually have been in Lake Erie. The great lakes are not solely the domain of the Midwest and Canada. But you do have a point