Sunday, April 23, 2006

posted by Cindy at 11:45 AM 2 comments

Friday, April 07, 2006

Bill asks: Does Wisconsin or Minnesota have more lakes?

Well, this is one of those tough ones... what exactly do you define as a lake? What's a pond and what's a lake? Unfortunately, that comes into play a lot with this question...

Here's what I found:

According to the Wisconsin DNR, the state has 15,081 documented lakes and it has about 3,620 that are larger than 20 acres.

I'm finding a lot of sources saying that the total number of lakes in Minnesota is 14,927. The Minnesota DNR says that the state has 11,842 lakes that are larger than 10 acres.

If I could find a reliable source that told us how many lakes in Minnesota over 20 acres or how many lakes in Wisconsin over 10 acres, we would have good numbers to compare... but I think I'm going to stop here. :-)

My official answer is that both states have a WHOLE BUNCH OF LAKES.

Sources:
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/fhp/lakes/Lakes1a.pdf
http://archive.wisbusiness.com/freeser/glance/wisbythenumbers1.html
http://www.circlewisconsin.com/facts.cfm
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html

posted by Cindy at 12:40 PM 2 comments

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Brenda asks: Can a woman ovulate more than once in one cycle? I have found conflicting information in medical articles, a few saying no you can't, and a few saying yes you can. So what is the real answer?

The answer to this question is yes and no. A woman can release more than one egg in one cycle (as is often the case while taking fertility drugs) but she can not really ovulate more than one time in the cycle. If there are multiple eggs released, they are released within about a 24 hour period, so she still only has one day of ovulation.

Resources:
http://www.ovusoft.com/library/myths.asp#4
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Multiple_ovulation.html
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/ovulationfaq.htm

posted by Cindy at 8:45 PM 3 comments