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    Lets get real about units! How many Rhode Islands is it in area?

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    One Rhode Island is the size of the fires in California...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat View Post
    Lets get real about units! How many Rhode Islands is it in area?
    Heck man we've got ranches in Texas nearly twice the size or Rhode Island
    It would take 264 and nearly a half Rhode Islands to cover the State 350 of them if you went by the 1836 map
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    Now the California wildfires are as big as the Grand Canyon, however big that is...

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    Quote Originally Posted by IntheGroove View Post
    Now the California wildfires are as big as the Grand Canyon, however big that is...
    Or about as large as a couple medium sized ranches in Texas the O'Connor and the Wagner
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    So, intent was to say even tiny Rhode island, at 37 miles wide, most wouldn't want to walk that....but this is even better.
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    Heck man - Australia's biggest cattle station (ranch in your speak) is 5,850,000 acres.
    How many Rhode Islands is that ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    Heck man we've got ranches in Texas nearly twice the size or Rhode Island
    It would take 264 and nearly a half Rhode Islands to cover the State 350 of them if you went by the 1836 map
    Most of the Lower 48 (and almost all of Mexico) are closer to some part of Texas than the farthest points in Texas are from each other:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...itself/360433/ I can attest to this, driving across Texas in a U-Haul that's pretty much limited to 55 MPH is a "You have died of dysentery" 'Oregon Trail' kind of experience. :-)

    (I'll add there were two cats in the cab along with me and my wife....two cats that were not happy with us all the way. And we were towing the car on a dolly so we couldn't back up. Every place we entered had to be reconnoitered on foot to ensure we could get out...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caliper Ken View Post
    Heck man - Australia's biggest cattle station (ranch in your speak) is 5,850,000 acres.
    How many Rhode Islands is that ??
    Slightly more than a "sh*t ton," though slightly less than a "sh*t tonne."

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