Tacoma Narrows bridge (was: MySQL v. PostgreSQL ...)

[Bill Ricker]

> The twin for the Tacoma Narrows bridge is not that far down the road,
> in Deer Isle Maine.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Isle,_Maine>


What? How did I grow up in Maine and not know that? My HS Physics
instructor is highly negligent in not mentioning that when he showed
us Galloping Gertie's Super8 /p/r/0/n/ educational film.

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=44.293568,-68.68897&spn=0.009231,0.015063&z=16

Someone has taken topomap index db and made a nice advertising portal
http://www.lat-long.com/ShowDetail-6363-Maine-Deer_Island_Bridge.html
to find the lat lon above. Neat. I'll use this for finding public
buildings and parks for my mapping site (http://ema.arrl.org/fd/) next
year.

This is so near Arcadia/Mt.Dessert/Bar Harbor and the lovely new
bridge (Stay-cabled like Boston's) at Verona
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=44.569406,-68.788276&z=17&t=h
and the fort
http://www.lat-long.com/ShowDetail-8821-Maine-Fort_Knox_State_Historic_Site.html
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=44.56508,-68.801708&z=17&t=h
that I feel a road trip is in order ...

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Bill
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