Um, John: I've driven, hitchhiked, ridden motorcycles, pedaled bicycles, and flown in light aircraft across the state of Texas ... west-east, east-west, north to south, etc ... several times. It's a vast place, I'm pretty well aware of that. ;-)
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:58 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> > I don't know if those overseas are aware of the scale of flooding in >>> > Queensland but things are fairly dire there. ?Brisbane may see the >>> > largest flood in its history early on Thursday morning, local time. >> >> I've been following the story on the news. Flooding on the scale of >> what's happening in Queensland is hard to imagine ... It's an area >> larger than the state of Texas. It takes two days to drive across >> Texas! > > Depending on where you're going across, and how you drive you can make it in > one day. Gonna be a LONG day; start early, end late and haul ass the whole > way without many breaks. > > Shreveport, LA to Las Cruces, NM is about 17 hours. I've done it. Google > says 14-1/2, but Google ain't never drove I-20 through Dallas/Fort Worth at > rush hour. > > And I don't care what time you go through Dallas/Fort Worth, it's always > rush hour on I-20 when you get there. > > It is a big state though. > >> My heart goes out to all the people who've lost family and friends, >> homes, businesses. This is a serious catastrophe with lots of human >> suffering.:-( > > Yeah, it's looks bad and looks like it's gonna' get worse before it ever > gets better. Hope I'm wrong about that. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3375 - Release Date: 01/12/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
