Extent of Glaciation, North America, Wisconsin Period
Solid Line: Approximate extent of glaciation during last (Wisconsin) ice age- 18,000 yrs ago.
Dotted Line: Approximate extent of earlier glaciations.
Increased cold and glaciation create drought in other areas, causing desertification. My home state of Iowa was shaped by glaciation. I grew up in the Loess Hills of Western Iowa, a gift from the last couple of ice ages.
See here:
Geology of the Loess Hills, Iowa
I was born right about… there!
Just speculating on current weather patterns…
This weather is crazy.
It is, Amber. I’m waiting for your house to be covered by a glacier!
Weather is weather………..and it is different every day and every year and every age.
Best explanation I have ever heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGOBm2J4tn0
Warning X-Rated
No worries, Roberta - we are entering a new ice age. No kidding.
Part 2
Where I was born in Dayton, Oho used to be covered by a glacier. In fact, when glacier retreated it carried lots of stones in it creating many if not most of Michigan’s lakes.
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Shaping_the_Land?rec=1288
And no….I am not THAT old!!!
What? You’re not 18,000 years old, Roberta? Too bad! You’d have so many stories!