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Thursday, January 7, 2016
An Interesting Read For Today
This map shows the huge amount of land the federal government owns in the American West
According to The New York Times, in fact, the federal government lays claim to about 47% of all land in the American West. That compares with about 4% of land east of the Mississippi River. Oregon is among the states where the federal government owns a majority of the land.
The reason is simple: As the US expanded across the West, it took territory by purchasing, or taking, the land. It proceeded to sell the land to private owners or state or local governments, doing so with ease in the Midwest but running into more roadblocks in the West.
"The many mountainous, arid and difficult-to-reach tracts of land in the West simply weren’t attractive to farmers. Settlers claimed the few valleys where farming was feasible and built towns," The Times explained.
"The only thing most of the remaining land was good for was grazing, but cattle ranchers and sheep herders needed large tracts of land to feed their livestock, not the smaller parcels they could claim through homestead policies.
(Yahoo.com)
According to The New York Times, in fact, the federal government lays claim to about 47% of all land in the American West. That compares with about 4% of land east of the Mississippi River. Oregon is among the states where the federal government owns a majority of the land.
The reason is simple: As the US expanded across the West, it took territory by purchasing, or taking, the land. It proceeded to sell the land to private owners or state or local governments, doing so with ease in the Midwest but running into more roadblocks in the West.
"The many mountainous, arid and difficult-to-reach tracts of land in the West simply weren’t attractive to farmers. Settlers claimed the few valleys where farming was feasible and built towns," The Times explained.
"The only thing most of the remaining land was good for was grazing, but cattle ranchers and sheep herders needed large tracts of land to feed their livestock, not the smaller parcels they could claim through homestead policies.
(Yahoo.com)
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No Words Can Properly Hype This Fail
Woman in Russia lights car on fire at gas station
Ah Russia. Land of cold weather, bears, and crazy dashcam footage. This clip comes to us from the Siberian city of Surgut, according to the UK's Daily Mail. A woman pumping gas in front of this intrepid videographer inexplicably put a lighter next to her gas tank as she filled it.
Perhaps something was frozen solid? Surgut isn't exactly a tropical paradise. In fact, the high temperatures in Surgut for the last week didn't reach above 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Obviously, no matter how cold it is, putting an exposed flame near fuel is a big no-no. When flames shot out of her gas tank she looked genuinely surprised. She tried blowing out the fire and even fanning it. Things went from bad to worse when she pulled the nozzle from the car's tank, spraying fuel and flame in the process.
Video link (AutoBlog.com)
Ah Russia. Land of cold weather, bears, and crazy dashcam footage. This clip comes to us from the Siberian city of Surgut, according to the UK's Daily Mail. A woman pumping gas in front of this intrepid videographer inexplicably put a lighter next to her gas tank as she filled it.
Perhaps something was frozen solid? Surgut isn't exactly a tropical paradise. In fact, the high temperatures in Surgut for the last week didn't reach above 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Obviously, no matter how cold it is, putting an exposed flame near fuel is a big no-no. When flames shot out of her gas tank she looked genuinely surprised. She tried blowing out the fire and even fanning it. Things went from bad to worse when she pulled the nozzle from the car's tank, spraying fuel and flame in the process.
Video link (AutoBlog.com)
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