Maybe the Mexicans are slowly reclaiming Texas? Remember the Alamo! -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:36 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: USA - decreasing in size?
I think the Canadians are moving the fence again :) On 8/9/05, Ken Ketsdever wrote: > Ian and I were looking at the US Census and comparing historical > information, when something caught my eye. > > The land mass of the United States has been steadily decreasing since > 1940. > > Meanwhile between 1980 and 1990 our total area increased by about > 169,000 square miles. During that same time our land mass decreased by > about 3,000 square miles. Might the increase in total area have to do > with pushing International waters from 3 miles to 12 miles? But that > still doesn't answer the decrease in land mass? Any ideas? > > http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-2.pdf > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168708 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
