And it point out my ignorance of weather and geography. I did not expect frozen lakes in the Middle East. I always pictured Jesus in robes, sweating like I do here in August.
Frozen lakes and sandals? *shiver* On 4/6/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JJ wrote: > > It takes an observed event (we will leave aside the credibility of the > > event) and tries to find an explanation. It then tries to predict > > future behaviors and repeat it. > > > > Yeah, this is interesting and I hadn't thought about it before. In MN > on lakes that have barely frozen and then melted, or on lakes that are > almost melted in the spring, you can mimic the "walking on water" > trick. I used to do it all of the time as a kid. > > If you're more than 10 feet from shore, or if you're on a side of the > lake with a lot of flow, the lake looks totally like water. In > certain spots, however, there is standing water covering ice - usually > about ankle deep. Thus you can't see the ice, but you can walk on it. > > From any more than a few feet, it could appear like you're walking on > water - it splashes and everything. Like I said, we used to do it all > of the time. > > Interesting ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203161 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
