Q: Wednesday’s AJC noted, in an article about the new bridge over I-85 at Jimmy Carter Boulevard, that the Eastern Continental Divide goes along bridge. Does that mean that water dropped near the western side will mostly end up in the Ohio/Mississippi river systems and water on the eastern side will eventually end up in the Atlantic?
—Dave Brownell, Lilburn
A: Rain on the east side of the Eastern Continental Divide in Georgia will flow to the Atlantic Ocean via the Altamaha River Basin.
Water on the west side of the Divide will flow to the Gulf of Mexico via the Chattahoochee River, which leads to the Apalachicola River Basin, Brian McCallum, associate director for data for the U.S. Geological Survey’s South Atlantic Water Science Center in Norcross, told Q&A on the News in an email.
“The only way a raindrop could get to the Mississippi River is if it fell in the very northern mountains of Georgia, mostly around the Hiawassee area, which eventually flows past New Orleans via the Tennessee River Basin,” McCallum wrote.
Q: If you have a airline ticket, and your name is spelled one way, but on the ticket it’s spelled differently, will you be able to get through security?
—James Coleman, Acworth
A: Small differences in the spelling of names on airline tickets generally aren't a problem, a TSA spokesman told Q&A on the News.
“As long as it’s not a glaring mistake or a completely different name, you’re going to be OK,” he said. “A small misspelling (on a boarding pass) isn’t going to impact your travel.”
Andy Johnston with Fast Copy News Service wrote this column. Do you have a question? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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