Yeah, being in tornado alley the word "culvert" is frequently used in tornado safety instructions as a last resort shelter if you encounter a tornado on the open road. For example: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=safety-severe-roadsafety
Toby On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Tim McNamara <paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote: > This is how I understand "culvert", from New Zealand. Although I've rarely > heard "sewer tunnel", it's just "sewer". > > Tim. > > On 27 August 2010 06:29, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: >> >> The term "culvert" is also standard usage in American English. "Tunnel" >> is generally used to mean an underground passageway large enough for a >> person to walk through, if not larger. Also, the default assumption is that >> a tunnel is not intended for drainage, unless there is a longer phrase such >> as "sewer tunnel". A "culvert" refers to a tube or pipe under a roadway or >> other raised area, meant to carry surface-water runoff. Some are large >> enough to walk through, but most aren't. Usually they extend only for a >> short distance, such as the width of a roadway. "Covered" does not indicate >> the size of a passageway, nor does it indicate the intended purpose of the >> passageway. >> >> -------Original Email------- >> Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Culvert and average contributor >> From :mailto:rich...@systemed.net >> Date :Thu Aug 26 13:10:13 America/Chicago 2010 >> >> >> >> Pieren wrote: >> > Question 1 : is "culvert" commonly used by native english speakers ? >> > Is that a term mainly used by civil engineers ? >> >> It's in very frequent use among boaters on the British canals, largely >> because the ruddy things keep collapsing and taking the canal with them. >> >> cheers >> Richard >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/Culvert-and-average-contributor-tp5466555p5466615.html >> Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> -- >> John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com >> "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not >> to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
