Morgans wrote:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote


If the water had been 32 degrees F instead of 40 it would have been 8
degrees colder, but it still would have been liquid.


It is arguing nits, but I'll play the game you started.

If the water of the lake was all indeed at 32 degrees, it would all be a
giant ice cube. If it were all at 32.1 degrees, it would all be liquid.
The wave action has nothing to do with it.

Actually, if the water was at 32 degrees, it _could_ be a giant ice
cube, it _could_ be all liquid, or it could be any combination of solid
and liquid in between. The phase transition is not instantaneous - you
still have a lot of energy to remove from the water at 32 degrees in
order to change it to ice.

Rich Lemert