>>>Well, for the Atlantic state, I guess the best answer is Florida, because its east coast qualifies it as an Atlantic state, although Brother A would have to live over on the western edge that is in the Central Time Zone. For the Pacific state, it could be any of the three--California, Washington, Oregon.
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>>Close, but only one of them actually spreads across 2 time zones.
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>Well, since I can't see any reason why Oregon and Washington should not be mapped the same (although none of this is very logical, is it?), I guess California.

Actually, California & Nevada are both in Pacific time. Then the TimeZone line makes a sharp curve to the West, carves out a chunk of Oregon, turns due East into Idaho and then North to Canada. Very strange until you look at a map showing mountains & rivers. Certainly one of the few places in the world where you can change time zones by traveling due North :-)

Barbara