0n (07 Jul 08) Roy Witt wrote to Mark Lewis...


 RW> 06 Jul 08 15:55, Mark Lewis wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW>  RN>> I'm only guessing because I've not been there, but wouldn't East
 RW> to  RN>> West be from Arizona to Nevada?

 ML> in most cases, it would be... but what about if the eastern state has
 ML> an "interlocking" section that's west of part of the western state?
 ML> that sounds wierd and i know that ascii art is gonna suck :?

 RW> This wouldn't apply to Hoover Dam.

 Hoover dam is at the head of Lake Mead which is in that area IIRC uh
Mark has noted as number um.. between 3 an 1 I think it was.



 ML>     ________________________________
 ML>    |                |               |
 ML>    |     State A    |     State B   |
 ML>  W |                 \              | E
 ML>  E |           ,-4--. \             | A
 ML>  S |          /     1  2            | S
 ML>  T |         /  ,-3-'  |            | T
 ML>    |         \  \______/            |
 ML>    |          \                     |
 ML>    |          |                     |
 ML>    |__________|_____________________|

 ML> traveling east to west...
 ML> with a dam across point 1, one would be going from State A into State
 ML> B... with a dam across point 2, one would be going from State B into
 ML> State A...

 ML> it can get even trickier if the the actual crossing is north and
 ML> south, like across points 3 and 4, and the question is phrased with
 ML> "north to south" (or visa versa) instead of "east to
west" ;)

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