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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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7. Still not buying it.

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 04:50 PM

Jul 2012

100 degrees is not unusual. I understand that steel expands...why is this year so different? 100 is not 1000. Why is this enough to buckle steel?

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Too hot for the Washington Metro? [View all] marmar Jul 2012 OP

Sorry, I'm skeptical... Atman Jul 2012 #1

They didn't buckle because of the train running over them. jeff47 Jul 2012 #6

Still not buying it. Atman Jul 2012 #7

Well, it has happened in the past jeff47 Jul 2012 #8

Only 85 degrees? djean111 Jul 2012 #2

"Imaginary" global warming? marmar Jul 2012 #3

Sorry - forgot the sarcasm thingy. djean111 Jul 2012 #4

Whew. You scared me there for a minute. marmar Jul 2012 #5