GPS reveals that New Mexico is stretching

[mindwalker_i]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/17/new-mexico-is-stretching-scientists-say/

It's probably been breastfeeding at the Olive Garden too much.

[tridim]

1. The mile-marker crew is going to be pissed.

[mindwalker_i]

4. Damn, that's funny!

Never thought of it from that angle. At least they get job security.

[Historic NY]

7. At least they can get it right.......

An un-named major north -south interstate in NY state can't. the mileage to NY City from un-named highway increased 10 miles rather than decreases....yup when you go south on it. The better part of 15yrs no one has yet to notice or fix it....

[jberryhill]

2. Good. It's way cooler than Arizona

[sce56]

3. Should be no surprise as the Continental Divide runs through there!

In North America, the Western Continental Divide is an imaginary line that sits atop a continuous ridge of mountain summits that divide the continent into two main drainage areas. It runs from northwestern Canada, south along the crests of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, then on into Mexico, where it follows the peaks of the Sierra Madre Occidental (mountains).

Rain or melting snow on one side (via rivers and streams) flows west to the Pacific Ocean; on the other side, rivers and streams flow northeast to Hudson Bay, Canada, or southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. The Eastern Continental Divide runs along the high ridges and peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, and it separates land draining east to the Atlantic Ocean from that draining west and southwest to the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Every continent except Antarctica has a continental divide, and like North America, a few have more than one. In South America, the Continental Divide lies along the Andes Mountains.

[TransitJohn]

10. Rio Grande Rift.

Great geological case study. I absolutely loved field trips there. Working the cross sections after surface mapping was intense.

[Logical]

5. Last time I drove through it it seemed longer!

[Kennah]

6. New Mexico is stretching scientists, say

See how fun it is to fuck up the punctuation.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Someone was asking where we put Wyoming.

I think New Mexico may have eaten it.

[pinboy3niner]

9. If that means bigger Anaheim chiles, count me in!

LOVE New Mexico chiles! I used to have a case of them shipped to me every season--and the first thing I did was to make a batch of crispy chiles rellenos. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

[Hugabear]

11. Rick Perry immediately mobilizes Texas National Guard to the Texas-New Mexico border

"Just a precaution to make sure that New Mexico doesn't try to expand into Texas" Perry announced.

[pinboy3niner]

12. UPDATE: Texas Gov. Perry appeals for urgent federal intervention

Demands that President Obama deploy Predator drones to assist in repelling New Mexican invasion.