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What would be the point of fleeing from an earthquake zone?
Presumably, basic infrastructure (power grid, water lines, sewers, cel towers, etc) would not be functioning properly. Also the fact that the core area is comprised of thousands of century-old or older brick buildings, which would not be habitable. Of course, this is only a scenario. The real point is that St. Louis is surrounded on three sides by rivers and is therefore basically a vulnerable peninsula.
Jefferson County, Washington is one contiguous land mass, but the remote western edge on the Pacific Ocean is isolated from the more populous eastern end. (This is relative as the entire county has but 32,000 residents.) The county's current boundaries were fixed in the mid 1850's. The eastern and western sections are divided by the wilderness of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest. No roads were ever constructed through this wilderness. So those on the coast who have business in the far-away county seat of Port Townsend, 140 miles distance, must travel on US 101 through Clallam County and its county seat of Port Angeles, then continue farther still until re-entering Jefferson County.
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Originally Posted by Count David
US 101 itself is an oddity through Jefferson County, as it enters from the south, immediately exits back into Grays Harbor County, then back into Jefferson where it follows the coast northward, into Clallam on the south and across it east, then back into Jefferson where it turns south, and exits into Mason.
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Originally Posted by Cloudy Dayz
That's a good on. Whatcom County too, just south of the Canadian Boarder. It's cut in two by North Cascades National Park. There is not much population in the east part of the county, but from the towns of Newhalum and Diablo on highway 20 in southeast Whatcom County, people can drive east or west out of town but either direction will take them south into Skagit County.
Great points! Perhaps this is a more common phenomenon than I might have realized, but whereas some counties (and states) had straight line boundaries, the road builders who came later had to follow routes that didn't align with the artificial boundaries. King County (Seattle) is highly urban and suburban, but in the far northeast corner of the county is a string of small rural communities along US 2, just before it enters Chelan County to the east (which is a world away from Seattle by politics and culture). To reach the rest of King County, residents of these communities have to travel quite a distance west through Snohomish County before re-entering King. Years ago there was a mandate that the King County Metro bus system had to serve the entire county. Thus I think it was on Wednesdays that a lone KC Metro bus made the long haul from Seattle to Skykomish and back, thus fulfilling the legal obligation. Nevertheless, at some point, the service--obviously a money pit--was canceled.
US communities whose names sound like a question:
Why (AZ)
Truth or Consequences (NM)
Howe (TX)
What Cheer (IA)
Ware (MA)
Dewey (OK) -- Do we?
Willey (IA) -- Will he?
Woody Point (NL) -- Would he point?
Witch Hazel (OR) -- Which hazel?
Kenova (WV) --- Can ova?
St. Sven -(MN) -- Since when? OK, made that one up.
Godney (ID) -- Got any idea? Enough.
Dewey (OK) -- Do we?
Willey (IA) -- Will he?
Woody Point (NL) -- Would he point?
Witch Hazel (OR) -- Which hazel?
Kenova (WV) --- Can ova?
St. Sven -(MN) -- Since when? OK, made that one up.
Godney (ID) -- Got any idea? Enough.
Haha, like your sense of humor.
What about Wichita —- Which ita? As if there was an “ita”.
Sumter County, Florida has the highest percentage of residents age 65 or older among all US counties and county equivalents. One-third of residents are in their seventies, and the median age in Sumter is 68.9, according to censusreporter.org.
At 191 square miles, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. It’s also the second deepest lake in the US. Lake Tahoe’s only island is 2.1-acre Fannette Island, which rises 150 feet above the water.
The most compaass-boggling intersection might be at Traverse City, Michigan, at the busy intersection of West South Airport Road and North US-31 South.
The most compaass-boggling intersection might be at Traverse City, Michigan, at the busy intersection of West South Airport Road and North US-31 South.
That is just Google Maps being buggy. In real life, there is nothing boggling about it. It's northbound and southbound US-31 and also northbound and southbound M-37 at the intersection of South Airport road. The only thing unusual about it is the unnecessary "South" designation on Airport Road. You'd have to delve into the history of that to find out the reason for that.
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