flooding

[johnfoss]

"3,200 miles of shoreline, the longest of any state but Alaska" -- found near the bottom of the page. Some of these listings may be based on "ocean waterfront" or other narrowing factors. Michigan is a little weak on the saltwater but if you look at a map, it seems pretty obvious which one has more miles of water around the edges...

In my search I also read that Florida had the longest coastline as well (not counting Alaska). Now I guess we can have a battle of sources if we want...

http://www.50states.com/facts/michigan.htm (#28)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan
http://students.resa.net/stoutcomput...higanFacts.htm
http://www.lake-trip.com/Michigan-lakes.html
etc. All the above specify freshwater, which makes it more difficult to compare.

[Jethro]

Originally Posted by JJuggle

If people would just realize that marriage is between a man and a woman we wouldn't be having these troubles.

This reminds me of back in the early nineties when the Mississippi River reached record highs around St. Louis and flooded many communities. A local preacher said it was because of all the gambling riverboats on the Mississippi. Not quite sure of his logic since the riverboats all floated around safely while the houses, churches, synagogues, mosques and temples were flooded or destroyed.

[threeinchtire]

http://www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/facts.html

This is what I was basing my statement on. It says: 3,500 miles...

[johnfoss]

Hmmm. Looks like Maine has the longest coastline (it's *really* convoluted!) and Michigan has the longest shoreline, or "freshwater shorline."

Clear as mud.

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by Jethro

This reminds me of back in the early nineties when the Mississippi River reached record highs around St. Louis and flooded many communities. A local preacher said it was because of all the gambling riverboats on the Mississippi. Not quite sure of his logic since the riverboats all floated around safely while the houses, churches, synagogues, mosques and temples were flooded or destroyed.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

[threeinchtire]

Originally Posted by johnfoss

Hmmm. Looks like Maine has the longest coastline (it's *really* convoluted!) and Michigan has the longest shoreline, or "freshwater shorline."

Yeah that makes sense.

Originally Posted by johnfoss

Clear as mud.

It really is. I did some fact checking around too and is super confusing.

[Jethro]

Originally Posted by JJuggle

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

So are saying I should have sunk the riverboat casinos myself?

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by Jethro

So are saying I should have sunk the riverboat casinos myself?

That would make you evil and get you caught in the middle of a logical conundrum. Are you willing to risk that others will do nothing to counter your act of evil? If others do react, will their reaction be viewed as evil by some other group and thus perpetuate the logical conundrum. Eventually a chain of events like that could destroy the world. So in hindsight it would actually be better for good men to do nothing rather than risking the destruction of the world by acting.

[Jethro]

Originally Posted by john_childs

That would make you evil and get you caught in the middle of a logical conundrum. Are you willing to risk that others will do nothing to counter your act of evil? If others do react, will their reaction be viewed as evil by some other group and thus perpetuate the logical conundrum. Eventually a chain of events like that could destroy the world. So in hindsight it would actually be better for good men to do nothing rather than risking the destruction of the world by acting.

Not to mention that aboard the riverboats could have been a woman pregnant with the world's next Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Louis Pasteur or Greg Harper. She could have drowned and look what the world would have missed out on.