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jberryhill

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12. Nye County is roughly the size of New York STATE

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:35 PM

Mar 2020

....and has 44,000 people in it.

You could fit the entire population of Nye County into RFK stadium and have seats leftover.

A lot of Texas is the same way.

Yes, it's just political bullshit.

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Texas is fucked. Abbott and Trump talked today about opening up large swaths of TX [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 OP

And what's sad is that this will affect everybody else. BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #1

Oklahoma is headed for disaster. 5X Mar 2020 #2

To do this to any state or county is absolutely criminal. But Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #7

Abbott probably won't even order more tests. Houston is close to running out. cayugafalls Mar 2020 #3

You are right. Testing #s and case totals are 100% Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #6

Hopefully, just Bob Wahr County Xipe Totec Mar 2020 #4

Something like 1/8 of Trump voters live in a county without a single ICU bed. RockRaven Mar 2020 #5

Large swaths of TX are, for all intents and purposes, unoccupied in the first place jberryhill Mar 2020 #8

so Nye is "hunkering down"? Agree, there are parts of states that have low population. How is Nye Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #9

Nye County is roughly the size of New York STATE jberryhill Mar 2020 #12

I vote for Esmerelda County, just northwest of Nye cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2020 #13

Florida also completely fucked. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #10

Sounds like a mass annihilation event ... GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #11