Here’s a quick one via Collision Detection: Cities incite thunderstorms. Summer thunderstorms become much more fierce when they collide with a city than they would otherwise be in the open countryside, according to research led by Princeton engineers.
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Houston’s Underground Tunnels
Apparently, Houston has an extremely intricate series of walkable tunnels that exist below the downtown area. These tunnels, modeled on the ones below Rockefeller Center, while connecting large portions of the downtown area, have not been centrally planned. Instead, “befitting Texans’ distrust of government, most of it is private; each segment is controlled by the [...]
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