How big is Texas?

tebowfan

I hear it's about 20 times the size of Ireland which is crazy if true.

jimmurt

Area or population?

AngryBollix

Its bleedin' massive

eth0

Big enough to hold a few Texans and their hummers

Seachmall

If only there was a magic box that when one inputs questions into it it searches the entire human collection of knowledge to return the most relevant places where one could find the answer.

Some day...

Doylers

Seachmall wrote: »

If only there was a magic box that when one inputs questions into it it searches the entire human collection of knowledge to return the most relevant places where one could find the answer.

Some day...

That will never happen, come on........

chughes

Well, it wasn't as big as B&Q and even after it was rebranded to Homebase it wasn't as big as Woodies either.

Daidy2011

Texas is 266,853 square miles, Ireland is 32,595 square miles (the island of Ireland) therefore Texas is 8.2 times bigger than Ireland.

The population of Texas according to the 2011 census is 26,403,743. In comparison Ireland's (the Republic) population, again according to the latest census is 4,581,269.

Funglegunk

It's about the size of that asteroid in Armageddon.

Sky King

Look at it this way, when you're in America, an inch on a map takes a **** load of time longer to drive that an inch on a map in Ireland, and can leave you tired and confused six hours later in pretty much the same city you started in.

Trust me, I know.....

Iwasfrozen

Wikipedia says it's 268,581m^2 and Ireland is 31,520m^2.

So, 268,581/31,520= roughly 8.5 times the size of Ireland.

FatherLen

Seachmall wrote: »

If only there was a magic box that when one inputs questions into it it searches the entire human collection of knowledge to return the most relevant places where one could find the answer.

Some day...

ohhh you're talking about bing yeah?

beazee

Seachmall wrote: »

If only there was a magic box

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=texas+vs.+ireland

Texas | Ireland

population | 25.15 million people | 4.589 million people
population growth | 2.01% per year | 1.885 %/yr
area | 695664 km^2 (square kilometers) | 68883 km^2 (square kilometers)
highest point | Guadalupe Peak, 2668 meters | 1041 meters

davet82

google it, ya lazy bastard

Plazaman

Seachmall wrote: »

If only there was a magic box that when one inputs questions into it it searches the entire human collection of knowledge to return the most relevant places where one could find the answer.

Some day...

That be witchcraft you be talking there. Such a device could only be powered by burning kittens..... which incidentally they do in Texas to ward off men with large hats named JR.

Dravokivich

tebowfan wrote: »

I hear it's about 20 times the size of Ireland which is crazy if true.

Aye, considering a couple of other guys have shown its 8.5 times bigger.

Logical Fallacy

It's almost 4 times the size of Ireland.

Pherekydes

It's a good bit bigger than France. There's a Texas on Uranus, too, and just like here it's full of ****.

44leto

Daidy2011 wrote: »

Texas is 266,853 square miles, Ireland is 32,595 square miles (the island of Ireland) therefore Texas is 8.2 times bigger than Ireland.

The population of Texas according to the 2011 census is 26,403,743. In comparison Ireland's (the Republic) population, again according to the latest census is 4,581,269.[/Qoute]

See OP all you have to do is write a letter with your question to Daidy2011 the google service and that company will then post the answer for you on a message board.

Gee Bag

tebowfan wrote: »

I hear it's about 20 times the size of Ireland which is crazy if true.

You better not google Russia, your head just might explode!

Seachmall

Gee Bag wrote: »

You better not google Russia, your head just might explode!

Contrary to popular belief Russia doesn't exist.

AlmightyCushion

Just checked it on google maps there and it's only a little bigger than my thumb. That's tiny, Irelands at least 100 times bigger than my thumb.

castletownman

And Alaska is roughly three times bigger than Texas! But Ireland has over four times the population of Alaska! It's like the Roscommon of the USA-backward, massive and sparsely populated!

I Heart Internet

It's funny, I was only thinking about this recently as I took a little bit of time out to write to an old friend of mine. Lets call her "Chel".

I said to her, "you know what Chel, it's kinda funny, Texas always seems so big!" But thinking about it some more I had to admit that you do know you're in the largest state in the union when you're staying in Anchorage Alaska.

I ended up writing a song about it with her but it turned out to have infringed the copyright of one she'd written years earlier.

44leto

I disagree the Irish empire is vast, I drove to one of the far reaches of it and it took ages. So Ireland just has to be bigger then Texas.

The Radiator

davet82 wrote: »

google it, ya lazy bastard

How is he lazy though? It would take less effort to Google it than start a new thread

Dravokivich

44leto wrote: »

I disagree the Irish empire is vast, I drove to one of the far reaches of it and it took ages. So Ireland just has to be bigger then Texas.

Ah that's them poxy 30km/h speed limits.

ejmaztec

Texas has to be big or there would be no room for all the bullsh1t.

44leto

A serious life changing drought there at the moment and it has lasted for years, the land is becoming desert.

44leto

OP I will make your head explode, Texas is in an even bigger country.

dr.bollocko

Try google.