The great train was rushing forward such steady dignity of motion that a glance from the window seemed simply to prove that the flatlands of Texas were pouring toward the east.
Nevertheless, it's good to peek our heads outside of flatland now and then to, you know, see what it means to apply these ideas in more than just those two dimensions.
Those storms build up across six or seven thousand kilometers of flatlands, feed on anything that can give them a push— coriolis force, other storms, anything that has an ounce of energy in it.