Re: OT: Putting Texas' size in perspective

In article <46318e9a$0$27178$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Well, you know the old couplet:

The sun is riz
The sun is set
And here we is
In Texas yet.

(And I bet California is longer from North to South than Texas is wide
from East to West.)

I think so, but probably not by much. A quick trip to Yahoo maps shows
the distance from El Paso, Tx to Texarkana, Tx is ~800 miles.

I couldn't find a city on the northern-most point in Ca, so I used
Brookings, Or to San Diego, Ca, which was ~900 miles.

If anyone has better numbers, I'd be interested in seeing them.

Bob/Texas
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