Re: Maintaining a deck in a hot climate

On 6/6/2006 10:50 PM Edwin Pawlowski mumbled something about the following:
"Tex" <tex@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
The one I have now is about 500 sq. ft. over my pond/lake (2+ acres, so
which do I call it?)

Differing opinions:
http://momo.essortment.com/differencebetwe_rnpj.htm
There is a difference between a pond and a lake and it grows primarily out of the source of creation, as with all living things - yes I said living, but we'll get to that. A lake was made by God; a pond is always man made. As such you might expect ponds, each being made by different men, to look a lot different from one to another and to be stocked with different varieties of plant and animal life from pond to pond, and you'd be right.

Wow, according to this one, we have several LARGE ponds.
Just to name a few off the top of my head

Lake Mead (250 sq miles)
Lake Mohave (almost 200 sq miles)
Lake Sidney Lanier (60 sq miles)
Bogue Homa Lake (1200 acres, although it originally didn't have a damn, it was much smaller before).

About 460 other Army Corp of Engineers lakes plus many others.

and quite a few lakes that aren't much larger than a mud puddle (that is, if you believe in a Dog).

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/WEtlands/LakesPonds/LakesPonds.html
Lakes and ponds are permanently wet year round. The main difference between a lake and a pond is the size. A lake is usually defined as a body of water large enough to have at least one wind-swept beach; ponds usually are not large enough for winds to blow across the water and create waves to wash away the plants that may be trying to take root. A lake is too deep for rooted plants to grow except near the shore.


http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-49.htm
The term "lake" or "pond" as part of a waterbody name is arbitrary and not based on any specific naming convention. In general, lakes tend to be larger and/or deeper than ponds, but numerous examples exist of "ponds" that are larger and deeper than "lakes."


This last one is the one I am most apt to use.

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