The Loess You Know, The Better - Part 1
Here's a question bound to prompt heaps and scads of rational, interesting discourse (or not):
- Which is the coolest Loess Hills?
Please discuss.
posted by garrett @ 10:09 AM
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Here's a question bound to prompt heaps and scads of rational, interesting discourse (or not):
14 Comments:
I, for one, am shocked to find out that there are loess hills anywhere other than western Iowa.
I think the sandhills of Nebraska might be better than both.
I am certain that the white sand dunes outside of Yuma are better than both.
While pretty much any geological formation created by wind or glacier moving giant piles of dust and sand around is cool, clearly the style and location of those piles has a direct impact in the level of coolness.
Being located in Mississippi does nothing to add to the loess hills located there. But is Mississippi cooler than western Iowa??
The loess hills of western Iowa are famous around Iowa. Do the loess hills in Mississippi bear the same fame among residents of Mississippi? (would those be Mississippians? - I deftly avoided using that term).
If restricted to choosing between only the two options you have offered, I think I am going to have to go with the loess hills in Mississippi for the following reasons:
1. I have been to the loess hills in Iowa and they really aren't that cool; having never seen the loess hills in Mississippi, thus there is a chance that they are far more interesting and I give them points due to the "mystery factor."
2. Nothing in Iowa is very cool.
3. I did't know, until this morning, that loess hills existed in Mississippi, so I also award those loess hills bonus points for the "surprise factor".
I challenge you and the rest of your readers to dispute my findings that the loess hills of Mississippi are far superior to the loess hills of western Iowa.
That razor sharp logic could slice Gordon's knot. Seriously.
I am looking forward to the comments of our intrepid cyclist. An amateur rock chunker.
I don't really have an answer as to which Loess Hills I think is the coolest.
All I will say is that I like igneous rock. Always have, always will. Seriously.
I could agree with you, Phineas, but you left out a few words at the end of your first sentence. Here is what I think you meant to say:
"Without a doubt, the Loess Hills of Western Iowa are exponentially cooler than those of Mississippi DURING THE WINTER."
But thanks for your input.
Also, Phineas, would you care to address Flamingo's assertion that the white sand dunes outside of Yuma are better than either of the Loess Hill formations?
I like igneous rock godamnit!
I wouldn't have thought an amateur rock chunker such as yourself would have to actually cast eyes upon a geologic wonder like the white sands of Yuma, Arizona to have at your brain's disposal the salient information to refute Flamingo's claim.
Plus I think you've seen that Mickey Rourke movie. We rented it together from Stars and Stripes, if memory serves. Back in the Mohican days. Or maybe you were still too busy doing homework in the library and massaging your cello in the evenings to have joined us back then.
Hello, I like igneous rock.
WTF?!
Fog, clearly the loessing of hills occurs in more places than two on this planet.
We already have identified western Iowa, China and Mississippi.
And you call yourself a geologist?!?!?!
You didn't even calculate in the "surprise factor" at all. Sheesh.
Umm... I like igneous rock!!! What the eff's the matter with all of you.
Rude.
Word.
Out.
I think the velvet is riding his bike a little too fast and a little out of breath and forgot to bring a banana for a snack break.
Twenty + years growing up on the loess of Iowa and thirty + years living on the loess of Mississippi. I have yellow dirt on parts of me I haven't seen in years. Strip the vegetation off the MS hills around Vicksburg and decrease the yearly precip by 10-15-in. and there isn't a kindchen bit of difference between them and the ones around Council Bluffs and Sioux City. Just as tall, just as rugged, just as dusty, same exponential grainsize trail-off, same basic grainsize distribution. Except for one thing geological and that is a deeper section up there than down here. More interesting because of multiple glacial stages, etc. than our single (?). Nobody has explained what happened to the earlier stages down here. On the other hand, we have more no-shoulders and other critters of interest, some two-legged.
Iowa transplant - I very much appreciate your dropping by to offer some actual scientific thoughts on the topic. These other fools have really disappointed me with the depth (or lack thereof) of their knowledge.
They clearly know loess less than you.
Thank you!
Garrett, while I haven't yet read the comment by transplant, I have read yours and I laughed out loud. I love when someone says fool. I don't know what it is with that word, but anytime it's spoken I laugh out loud.
Seriously,
PDD
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