This passes for a lake in Oklahoma

"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi) 02/08/2015 at 08:40 • Filed to: Fake Lakes

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It looks more like the chocolate river in Willy Wonka

Hoccy > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 08:42

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What's the reason for the red colour?

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 08:44

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I went to Keystone and Skiatook last weekend to take pictures with friends. It didn't seem that bad there.

StingrayJake > Hoccy 02/08/2015 at 08:45

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Red dirt... It's everywhere there

Hoccy > StingrayJake 02/08/2015 at 08:47

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Okay, so it's natural? Looks like a lot of iron oxide.

E. Julius > Hoccy 02/08/2015 at 08:48

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There's lot of iron (in the form of iron oxide—rust) in the soil there. Since this is a shallow artificial lake there can often be quite a lot of soil suspended in the water, giving it the red color and murky appearance.

E. Julius > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 02/08/2015 at 08:53

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Yeah this is on Lake Thunderbird, or as it's colloquially known, Lake Dirtybird. The only other "lake" I've been to in Oklahoma wasn't nearly as bad. This is a picture from Lake Hefner, which I used to sail on. It's the reservoir for Oklahoma City's water supply, and you can tell in the picture that it's much cleaner.

Still pretty different from what I'm used to up in Michigan however:

E. Julius > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 02/08/2015 at 08:54

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Sorry the only pictures I had of local lakes are douchey boat pictures lol

E. Julius > Hoccy 02/08/2015 at 08:54

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Yep, it's all in the soil.

Nibby > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 08:56

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BLOOD OCEAN

PyramidHat > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 09:00

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That a Laser?

E. Julius > PyramidHat 02/08/2015 at 09:05

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Nope, C scow. They're pretty unusual in most of the country, but up north they're a fairly common club racer. The C and MC (sort of like a mini C that can be run with one person) are by far the most common boats at my local club. The cat rig is cool, and they're fairly high performance boats. Only things I've ever been on that use bilgeboards too.

StingrayJake > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 09:09

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My aunt and uncle have a house boat on Lake Murray. It's a good lake.

XJDano > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 09:10

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The Mississippi River gets like that in St. Louis. Muddy Mississippi.

bryan40oop > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 09:19

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jariten1781 > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 10:56

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As someone who grew up in Norman, I'd recognize good ol' Lake Thunderbird anywhere. There's a picture of me and my brothers standing right out in the middle of it in 1985 or so when the temps were sub zero for the entire month of February and it completely froze over.

Fun fact, until 1994 or so the bridge on Alemeda that goes over the north portion was installed too low and anytime it'd rain it'd completely flood over. If you were on the east side you'd literally be stuck for a few days till the water level came back down. There were articles in the Transcript every time about people trying to ford it and having to be rescued and there was always a nasty oil sheen over it from cars being submerged.

E. Julius > jariten1781 02/08/2015 at 11:01

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Ha I didn't know that! I'll have to take a drive out there when I return to school.

jariten1781 > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 11:19

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They raised the bridge in the early-mid 90s so it doesn't flood as much and the population out there grew enough that there are now escape roads to the north so even if it does flood there's escape roads to the north.

It's so weird when I go back and visit my parents now because the town has pretty much doubled in size from how I remember it. Campus, the airport, the soccer fields, and Main Street are the only recognizable parts. Everywhere else where there used to be fields or widely spaced small buildings are now packed with houses or busniesses. It's crazy. Population went from about 80k in the 90s to nearly 120k today. That's a lot of extra people in a relatively short time.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nibby 02/08/2015 at 11:31

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I KNOW WHO YOU ARRRRE

E. Julius > jariten1781 02/08/2015 at 11:36

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I've only been there for three years and there's been tons of new development in the area in that time. Many of my friends' parents are buying rental properties near campus, which are only going up in value at this point. Do/did your parents work at OU or were you there for other reasons?

jariten1781 > E. Julius 02/08/2015 at 11:55

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Both of my parents got their graduate degrees from OU and just decided to stick around. Mom grew up on a farm outside of Enid and they met at Philips University(now closed) up there while getting their undergrads.

E. Julius > jariten1781 02/08/2015 at 11:57

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Nice. As far as Oklahoma is concerned I don't think there's a nicer place than Norman. One of the parents of some good friends actually grew up in Enid as well. Small world.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > E. Julius 02/09/2015 at 11:01

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This passes for a lake in Minnesota. Also in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Source .

Though to be fair Minnesota also has a lot of nasty lakes .

E. Julius > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 11:06

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I personally prefer Lake Michigan to Superior ; )

One of my favorite things about my home state : )

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > E. Julius 02/09/2015 at 11:14

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It's definitely warmer less cold.