Wes;
For the East Coast they qualify as "mountains"-at least the ones along
the WV-VA border. Nothing compared to the Rockies, though!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: Wester Potter [mailto:wester6935@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 5:19 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil; list LSR
Subject: W. Va.
West Virginia may not have straight roads and living where I do I'll
dispute the "mountains" description for those rolling hills but Harry
Bird as chairman of the senate committee on highways has made sure the
interstate highways in West Virginia are as good as any in the country.
The old pork barrel was rolled out for the bridges that get you from
hillside to hillside. The roads are well designed, no off camber turns
and instead of barriers leading up to overpass supports they mound dirt
and plant grass so you can't really get to the supports for crashes
unless you are REALLY trying. Now when you get off the freeways it's a
different story. Trying to get from the W. Va. University hospital to
downtown on University Street, at 5 in the afternoon, could take you
until 6 if you are lucky. It's maybe two miles. If you take back roads
going across town and know where you are going it can be done in 20
minutes. I don't think there is a road in Salt Lake Valley as narrow as
most of the roads in Morgantown.
Wes
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: May 1, 2006 3:19:29 PM MDT
To: "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>, "list LSR"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Speeds, rain and gas prices.
Reply-To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Wes;
I hadn't realized that Joe Law was in Fairmont, WV-- that's not
far from
where I was born; I enlisted in the Army in Fairmont.
Based on my time living in WV, we knew how to drive in the
mountains but
"straight line" driving was such a rare experience there that
LSR is a
challenge to us WV drivers.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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