February Hits: Cooperative County Challenge

This will be far different that last time, as there will be no prizes, no winners, no losers, no entry fee, all may participate.

Simply, we will collectively try to fill in as much of the map as we can...just post up your county hits.

In order to eliminate any form of competition whatsoever, there will be no standings page, you can keep track of your own if you want to. The map will be colored in as counties are hit...a different color for whatever month the county was hit in - the color will not indicate WHO got the hit.

This way there is just cooperation, no competition....nothing to create possible bad feelings.

My original intent with this, last year...was simply to bring more people to the forums more frequently and try to build a little community. The competition aspects made this effort backfire, and I regret that.

Hopefully, this way, there will be no bad feelings, cooperation over competition...and we can try to build something together.

All who wish to participate may do so...those who do not wish to participate....that is your choice, you are welcome to participate. Please post links to the hits.

As before, we will have a map and a spreadsheet, so that one may see which counties have already been hit....but nothing on the map or spreadsheet will indicate WHO got the hit...thus competition is totally eliminated...and, along with it....any reason for bad feelings.

Spreadsheet Link
Spreadsheet current thru Tarrant County, Texas on page 2.

Link to Full Size Map
Map is colored in up thru Tarrant, Texas (page 2). Next Map update will be around 2/29/12.

Post your hits for February below
Note: if you find a January hit you missed, go ahead and post here also - but note it as a January hit, please.

Well, this BlTCH is right on the Mexican border...

Webb County, Texas

Head for the border...you can do it!!

From Nittany Lion country...

Centre County, Pennsylvania

R.I.P. Joe Pa!!

Essex, MA - first cooperative hit in MA for 2012

Albemarle, VA

Sacramento, CA

This one's a red herring hit...Birmingham...not Alabama.

Oakland County, Michigan

Also, I can add

Union County, New Jersey

January counties:

Kenai Peninsula, AK
Cochise, AZ
Coconino, AZ
Graham, AZ
Mohave, AZ
Navajo, AZ
Pima, AZ
Pinal, AZ
Santa Cruz, AZ
Yavapai, AZ
Yuma, AZ
Alameda, CA
Kings, CA
Marin, CA
Napa, CA
Orange, CA
Placer, CA
San Bernardino, CA
San Diego, CA
Ventura, CA
Jefferson, CO
Hartford, CT
Broward, FL
Orange, FL
Honolulu, HI
Maui, HI
Ada, ID
Canyon, ID
Cassia, ID
Elmore, ID
Gem, ID
Elkhart, IN
Pondera, MT
Burleigh, ND
Bernalillo, NM
Dona Ana, NM
Valencia, NM
Clark, NV
Fairfield, OH
Summit, OH
Oklahoma, OK
Clackamas, OR
Curry, OR
Deschutes, OR
Lane, OR
York, PA
Naranjito, PR
Davidson, TN
Rutherford, TN
Comal, TX
Harris, TX
Nueces, TX
Box Elder, UT
Davis, UT
Salt Lake, UT
Utah, UT
Washington, UT
Weber, UT
Benton, WA
Clark, WA
King, WA
Kitsap, WA
Lewis, WA
Milwaukee, WI
Sawyer, WI
Waukesha, WI
Wood, WI
Washakie, WY


February counties:

Ketchikan Gateway, AK
Kern, CA
Tuolumne, CA
Boulder, CO
Weld, CO
Gwinnett, GA
Cuyahoga, OH
Columbia, OR
Marion, OR
Collin, TX
Dallam, TX
El Paso, TX
Gregg, TX
Tarrant, TX

<rolls eyes at Tony> That will certainly change a large portion of the map.

I am glad to see Tony has decided to participate.

Now, if we could get Jackson on board too...and Markus....and maybe even a couple other folks.

This is going to be way different than last year. I learned from my mistakes of last year.

I will now do an update, since I must add a lot of Tony's stuff...wheeeeee! I do like coloring maps.

Marion, WV - love that town name. You don't meet too many Idamay's.

dctim wrote:Marion, WV - love that town name. You don't meet too many Idamay's.

Nor many Idaho's. Unless you're tony....

New Castle County, Delaware

I am not claiming the Lancaster County hit on this...it has every appearance of being an invalid hit...the user note SAYS it isn't in the town the hit says...and the IP shows up as Burlington county, NJ...probably accurate, as a bill could easily go from Burlington, NJ to New Castle, DE in three hours, so the Delaware hit seems legit. The IP on that hit shows up Philadelphia...also quite possibly legit for a New Castle Delaware hit to have a Philly IP address. But the Lancaster County hit is almost definitely wrong, and I have alerted Markus requesting verification and correction. Riverton, NJ is more likely the correct location of the Lancaster County hit. And Burlington County is spoken for.
But New Castle DE is not...and it enters the state of Delaware into our little game.

EDIT: Hit appears fake, I am retracting claim on New Castle, DE.