Posted on 04/08/2014 11:52:28 AM PDT by blam
This Incredible Map Shows Just How Gigantic Texas Really Is
Pamela Engel
April 8, 2014, 1:42 PM
Texans like to talk all the time about how big Texas is, and how if you're driving from the bottom of Texas to Canada, then you're spending half of your time just getting through the state itself.
So is that true? It's pretty close. Texas really is gigantic.
Redditor Armeleon put together a map that gives you a good idea of the massive size of Texas.
Texas spans about 800 miles from north to south. Everything seen in red on the map is closer than 791 miles to Texas (the longest straight-line distance in Texas from north to south is actually 801 miles, but Armeleon used 791 miles as a benchmark to create the map).
Check it out:
It's mind-boggling to think that, for example, Corpus Christi is closer to Cuba than it is to Denver.
It's worth noting that the map above is slightly distorted because it is flat and the world is spherical. The size and shape of objects seen on a flat map aren't exact.
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Pistols were in honor of Jean Lafitte, who often made a camp on the Calcasieu River / Lake in Lake Charles. I remember as a kid hearing that doubloons were found while building Lake Charles’s Civic Center, which is on the lake.
prob'ly cause it seems like it
Not everywhere for sure, but enough to catch its odd and not particularly scenic (and sometimes downright dead) nature.
Like the joke says, you can normally see a long way........
Definitely missed half the State and the better half some of us like to think, although most any part (cept North Houston) beats anywhere else.
As to "most any part (cept North Houston) beats anywhere else."...........that's so dumb as a statement, I'm not even prepared to comment on how ridiculous that is. Ignorant is not important to dialogue with.
Thanks.
I've know they were there for years but didn't know why.
We are happy you decided to move on along. Last thing we need is another dumbass uhaul yankee coming down claiming to improve something you will never grasp.
5.56mm
And stupid enough to keep posting things to show it over and over again.
AMF
Have a great weekend my FRiend.
I’m sure I will have a better one in a much better place that’s 70 not 25, sunny, green not snowing.
Only ignorant, humorless @sswipes like you can't handle the truth of that joke.
I can't wait to see how much you luuuuv that 105 degree summer of yours..........post back to me about that kay?
Keep laughing. It was primarily Texas fracking that gave us independence withTrumps leadership. That’s almost shut down now but you may find we have to call on Texas again, soon.
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