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On 11/21/2024 9:20 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <djpujjdnqd49tccbhl16gerrlcm17ib167@4ax.com>,
> Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:14:44 -0600, "Jay E. Morris"
>> <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
>>
>> <is Texas a desert?>
>>
>>> Admittedly I haven't been to Fort Worth much or in a long time but I
>>> don't remember it being desert.
>>>
>>> According to this Nations Online Project map I'd say maybe 20% is desert.
>>>
>>> https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/USA/texas_map.htm
>>>
>>> Scroll down a bit.
>>
>> I clicked on it.
>>
>> I was greeted with all sorts of ... stuff.
>>
>> And more stuff I had to ignore when I tried to leave.
>>
>> Well, one thing can be said for it: it's persistant.
>>
>> Hopefully, my Full Virus Scan tomorrow won't find any surprises.
>>
>> The land-form list seems to feature a lot of dry parts, some actually
>> containing areas with "desert" in their name.
>>
>> But, IIRC, East Texas may be soggier than the rest of the State.
>> Something about "piney woods thinning out as you move West onto the
>> plains".
>>
>> Of course, if we define, say, any County with less that a given
>> population density as "desert" (using an older sense where the focus
>> was on a lack of people living there and not on sand and heat), there
>> would (I suppose) be a /lot/ of deserts.
>> -- 
> 
> By that standard, Alaska is a desert, but Baked Alaska is a dessert!

Antarctica is mostly desert.  Serious, its based on average annual 
precipitation.

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