Posted on 04/08/2008 5:44:33 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
Willie Green lives!
(Hint for her if she happens to Google this - there is a subway line in Texas.)
And given how the highways around Houston flood in storms, I certainly wouldn't want to be underground in coastal Texas in a hurricane.
Did a 4th grader get a job with the Houstonian?
I half expected the following sentence to read “next to mankind coming up with the invention of bubble gum”
Anyway - It's plumbing sister, plumbing is the greatest invention of mankind - followed closely by beer.
Ok, it’s the opinion section.. Guess it could be a 4th grader.
Any 4th grader should know there is rail in Dallas & Houston.. C’mon.
The Houstonian is a commie rag. Nobody in Texas wants mass transit. The attitude here is that respectable people do not ride the bus.
KUM BA YAAAAAAA!!!
Where in Texas is there a “subway line”?
Give that lady a shovel and let her dig a hole in Central Texas a foot deep and then let’s hear more about subways.
There used to be a small privately owned subway in Fort Worth. I’m a native of Texas but I found that on Google.
Seven tenths of a mile connecting Tandy Center to the parking lots.
“Writing doesn’t seem to be one of the author’s strong points, but it outshines her research ability, which exceeds her analytical skill.”
You get the “Best sentence I’ve read today award”.
“.....The attitude here is that respectable people do not ride the bus.”
Pretty much the attitude anywhere AFAIK.
The Cityplace rail station is over 120 feet underground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cityplace_Station
See some station photos here:
http://ktransit.com/transit/uscentral/dfw/dallas_lr_cityplace.htm
The north end of the subway tunnel ends in an open cut at the Mockingbird station, a couple of miles north, and about 3 stories below ground level. See a view down into the Mockingbird station here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_Station with the tunnel entrance visible
An intermediate station at Knox has been dug, but was not finished out due to neighborhood objections. The south end of the tunnel is in downtown Dallas. The tunnel itself is between 3 and 4 miles long.
During a hurricane, a subway system could come in handy. Do you remember where you were during Hurricane Rita? You might have been stuck in traffic for no less than three to nine hours trying to get from one destination to another.
Does the author understand how high the water table is in Houston? The last place I'd want to be during the storm surge of a hurricane is underground below the water table in a subway tunnel.
Otherwise known as the Sam Houston Institute of Technology, Dan Rather's alma mater. In fact the journalism school is named after Dan Rather.
BTTT
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