was little surprised Indy is in eastern time zone. I've been there couple times (for the 500) and it seems pretty far west to be in the east.
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
at the insistence of Henry Ford. He wanted to be on the same time as the East Coast markets. Makes sense.
But ya... sunset is late there in the Summer. But not that much worse than a place like Buffalo. Truth is, Detroit isn't that far from Buffalo.
People back home always forgot that we were in CST.
It took me having a friend move to Pensacola before I realized that. Until that time, I never realized that Pensacola is basically due south of Chicago. Just seems....weird, you know...what with the ATLANTIC ocean and all on the other side of the state.
Beneath it all is the fact that we Easterners need to get out more! From one side of Texas to the other is farther than the distance from New York to Chicago.
In land area Missouri is almost 50% larger than NY State, and in total area Wisconsin is 20% larger than NY State. Heck, Alabama has more land area than NY. (NY gets a big bump in total area from a border that runs through the middle of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.)
Beneath it all is the fact that we Easterners need to get out more! From one side of Texas to the other is farther than the distance from New York to Chicago.
In land area Missouri is almost 50% larger than NY State, and in total area Wisconsin is 20% larger than NY State. Heck, Alabama has more land area than NY. (NY gets a big bump in total area from a border that runs through the middle of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.)
was little surprised Indy is in eastern time zone. I've been there couple times (for the 500) and it seems pretty far west to be in the east.
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
This is why there's been a movement to move NE to Atlantic Time instead of ET.
was little surprised Indy is in eastern time zone. I've been there couple times (for the 500) and it seems pretty far west to be in the east.
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
I went to Louisville about 6 years ago during the summer and there was solid daylight up through about 9PM.
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
But ya... sunset is late there in the Summer. But not that much worse than a place like Buffalo. Truth is, Detroit isn't that far from Buffalo.
It took me having a friend move to Pensacola before I realized that. Until that time, I never realized that Pensacola is basically due south of Chicago. Just seems....weird, you know...what with the ATLANTIC ocean and all on the other side of the state.
In land area Missouri is almost 50% larger than NY State, and in total area Wisconsin is 20% larger than NY State. Heck, Alabama has more land area than NY. (NY gets a big bump in total area from a border that runs through the middle of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.)
you may remember the news media once (supposedly) forgot that the FL panhandle is in CST and called an election before the polls were closed there.
In land area Missouri is almost 50% larger than NY State, and in total area Wisconsin is 20% larger than NY State. Heck, Alabama has more land area than NY. (NY gets a big bump in total area from a border that runs through the middle of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.)
Interesting, CT Charlie
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
This is why there's been a movement to move NE to Atlantic Time instead of ET.
Then I looked at time zone map and MI is also in the eastern zone.
That got me thinking about how different time of sundown is in Detroit vs. somewhere like Boston, so I looked up the respective times and found sundown in Detroit is about 48 minutes later than in Boston!
Sundown in Indy is 53 minutes later than in Boston.
I went to Louisville about 6 years ago during the summer and there was solid daylight up through about 9PM.