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Re: Sextant makes drought
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Feb 10, 22:56 -0500
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Feb 10, 22:56 -0500
Lu, you wrote: "Wikipedia defines Tennessee's southern border at 34d 59m, not 35 d exactly, which is what the US Congress established as its southern border." Yes, I think that's just what they're getting at. The line was supposed to be at 35d 00' by decree, but the surveyors marked a line that ends up being at 34d 49'. That's been the legal border for almost two centuries. People in the state of Georgia are now bringing up this minor historical issue because if they can "re-claim" that one extra mile, they can grab water rights on the Tennessee River (supposedly) which would essentially eliminate the severe drought they've had in the past year in the greater Atlanta area. If anyone is interested in "border wars", I started a thread on this on the old compuserve boards at the same time I started the thread here. The one on the CS boards has grown to over 25 messages: http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-sciencemath&nav=m essages&tid=120519 (that URL should be one line) -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---