Noah's Ark

[joobz]

joobz
I lived in Gary but we moved to Merrillville a total of about twenty years or so.

Merrillville, 61st street, everyone's favorite fuelup stop before hitting chicago.
Wow, Small world it is.

 

[joobz]

How dense can you be, of course the dunes are a deposit from a glacier.

actually, from what I understand, some of the sand comes from glacier wear and deposits, but some of it comes form soft stones worn down by the currents and deposited upon the shores. Obviously this isn't a one directional force as erosion of beaches is quite common.

Now, as for the origins of the dunes. I am fairly certain that they have nothing to do with the glaciers but rather the vegitation/surface features of the area. The plants in the sand tend to capture the wind blown sand and create mounds. these dunes are far from stable and are actually "living dunes" as this wind shifting features result in the peak of the dune to move a couple feet a year. This is the reason for the laws preventing hiking on the south side of the dunes. IF the plants are destroyed, the dunes blow away.


I mention all this because it's demonstrates the highly complex nature of geology and your attempts to consider rather mundane features and claim that they are all because of one and only one special event which may/maynot have occured 12,000 years ago is not science. you need a lot more controls and rigorous research to prove that it is impossible that other, more mundane explanations fit the observations.

 

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Merrillville, 61st street, everyone's favorite fuel up stop before hitting Chicago.
Wow, Small world it is.

Yep I know the place well.
Deep river is right there.
I use to cruise home from the Mug on Broadway and hit I 65 from 61st. to U.S. 30 doing 130 mph at two in the morning.
I had a 69 Mustang convertible.
I put a 351 Cleveland in it.
That model never came with that motor and I had to engineer some things to make that work.
Those where the days.
I still have relatives there and many friends also.
Ah a fellow Hoosier.
Crown point is some old stomping ground the Grid Iron bar in the square.

My daughter lives in Hobart.
Some more of my old stomping grounds.
I use to work at Inland steel and USS steel.
I might be there in a month or two to visit and maybe to stay.
It all depends if I can get back in USS steel.
I am torn as to what I want to do right now.

Old town New town comes to mind Pipers Alley!
They say I won’t recognize it anymore, things change.
I had an apartment right on ridge road and Broadway, in my teen years, Broadway was the cruising strip probably still is.
At the time I was only beat by a Chevy corvette that had a big block blown engine.
Maybe well get together and party.

 

[HghrSymmetry]

I wonder if we should ask a mod to split this thread?

Does anyone else agree with me?

ETA: I also wonder if this post should be in forum management.

Naw.
Negative.
Not really.

Though I do appreciate the sentiment, but as is the case with most nonsensical threads...they soon peter out on their own.
Yes, they have a certain entertainment value, but it's usually short lived.