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America - The Official Thread
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Scaff
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A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
river-runner.samlearner.com
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
river-runner.samlearner.com
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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My first click was 5,462km.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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I just did one from Cody, and it hit the big horn then Missouri and Mississippi but when I tried to get my total km it closed the thing down. Not sure it beat yours though.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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That's pretty cool. From my house, a raindrop travels at most 34km.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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As for the furthest I got was from Dell, Montana:
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I only got 413 km, but that's because I clicked on where I live(and it even got the correct town as start point despite not being able to see any names). Pretty cool little site. The map did struggle loading as it traced the path though. It kept up but only just barely, not sure if that was just me.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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I so love that I'm able to use Fox to report that Mexico has agreed to fund border security to the tune of $1.5 billion, this is going to piss off Trump on so, so many levels, and it's utterly delicious.
www.foxnews.com
MAGA Peeps right now
Mexico to contribute $1.5 billion for infrastructure at US southern border
Mexico is contributing $1.5 billion toward border infrastructure, a source familiar with the move said on Tuesday as the Mexican president visited the White House.
MAGA Peeps right now
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A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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I had the same problem as Sprite.
My first guess was similar to your 4,000km though Scaff.
I tried to use my knowledge of where the Continental Divide was, having driven from Chicago to LA on a certain road in 2012, and knew it was a looong way west.
I wonder if there is anywhere that would go east of the Mississississississppi but that river is so long it's hard to avoid. But it does look great from the top of the Gateway Arch in St Louis 👍😀
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I love drainage basins. There are two unassuming creeks about 300m from each other just south of Yellowstone lake in Wyoming - Mink Creek & Falcon Creek (44.09034683379993, -110.19642241635067).A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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If a rain drop falls on the left dot it travels 2147km to the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River:
If a rain drop falls on the right dot, it travels 5480km to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River:
At that highest point of the ridge between the creeks, the two drops could be mm away from each other, but end up over 3500km apart.
edit: Found an even better spot - just a mile away or so (44.043288301300585, -110.17570965811066) is a creek called, appropriately, two ocean creek. There is a fork in this creek where, you guessed it, one side leads to the Columbia River and the other side to the Mississippi River
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Just a bit of trivia. There is a creek in Wyoming that's on the Continental Divide. The creek splits and half flows east to the Gulf of Mexico and the other half flows west to the Pacific Ocean. It means there is a single continuous (non-navigable) water path across the US from one ocean to the other.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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Two Ocean Pass - Wikipedia
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If only they could get supermax ships through there...Just a bit of trivia. There is a creek in Wyoming that's on the Continental Divide. The creek splits and half flows east to the Gulf of Mexico and the other half flows west to the Pacific Ocean. It means there is a single continuous (non-navigable) water path across the US from one ocean to the other.
Two Ocean Pass - Wikipedia
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I managed to get about 1136km from where I live. I never realized just how long the bayou here is lol.A non-political and non-depressing America post. I know what are the chances, but this seems to be the best place to post this.
Click on a map of the US to place a rain-drop and then see how far it could potentially travel.
River Runner
Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States
Second time out I managed over 4,000kms
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Just a bit of trivia. There is a creek in Wyoming that's on the Continental Divide. The creek splits and half flows east to the Gulf of Mexico and the other half flows west to the Pacific Ocean. It means there is a single continuous (non-navigable) water path across the US from one ocean to the other.
Two Ocean Pass - Wikipedia
I happened across this on google maps just before you posted it .
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@Populuxe that might be more appropriate in the police brutality/malfeasance catchall thread. At least that's where I'd be inclined to put it. It's obviously your discretion.
Anyway, this was an entertaining listen.
Language Warning: There's a single f-bomb in the context of "**** with you" but otherwise it's appropriate per GTP guidelines.
www.serioustrouble.show
Something not mentioned is that the judge drawn in this case is one of exceptionally few that has in the past ordered the purchase of a company despite the interest in getting out of that purchase. Obviously each case is different and to say that this is an indication that the judge may rule that way in this case is pure speculation, but it's an interesting factoid.
Anyway, this was an entertaining listen.
Language Warning: There's a single f-bomb in the context of "**** with you" but otherwise it's appropriate per GTP guidelines.
Elon Musk, Chancery Courts, Specific Performance, and the Pride of Delaware
Elon Musk wants out of buying Twitter. What will Delaware's courts do about that?
www.serioustrouble.show
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Meet the Lobbyist Next Door
What do a Real Housewife, an Olympic athlete, and a doula have in common? They’re all being paid by an ad-tech startup as influencers—peddling not products but ideologies.
Welcome to modern day politics.
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Now more than ever - Il faut cultiver notre jardinMeet the Lobbyist Next Door
What do a Real Housewife, an Olympic athlete, and a doula have in common? They’re all being paid by an ad-tech startup as influencers—peddling not products but ideologies.www.wired.com
Welcome to modern day politics.
