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[apocalypsos]

And now, in my fucking-with-maps series of images to go with "Pennsylvania is not just Philly and Pittsburgh, people", I bring to you my response to anyone who in the past week has had the nerve to utter any variation of the phrase, "Well, if you live in an area plagued by hurricanes, you're asking for this to happen to you."



In other words ... nobody should be living in this country, at this rate. Sheesh.

And before anybody jumps down my throat for the Mormons crack, that was mostly just to fill up space. What I should have put for my own amusement was "dead from dysentery."

EDIT: Now edited to include the possibility of global thermonuclear war, like all good maps should.

NEW EDIT: Fixed the map problem. GRRR to Photobucket. *shakes fist at them*

Comments

[plausible.livejournal.com]

Hah, apparently Virginia and West Virginia are the only safe parts of the country. :P

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I was going to put an arrow pointing to West Virginia that said ... well, "West Virginia," just 'cause. ;)

[xerne.livejournal.com]

Dysentery! Hee!

(Did you ever play to see how fast you could kill them all?)

But yeah, good map.

[greenfish.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of that when "dysentery" was mentioned.

And the answer to that question is a big "Yes" with a capital Y. Heh.

[prairiedaun.livejournal.com]

Not only is North Dakota/Minnesota in the tornado area, you also get the blizzards and the pleasure of living on a flood-plain. Let's not forget the flood of 97 and downtown Fargo burning.

Shit happens everywhere.

[such-are-queens.livejournal.com]

I found this via practicallyfame's friendslist--and yeah, I can verify that Fargo is always floody or snowy or otherwise irritating.

Plus...WIND.

[crazylike-afox.livejournal.com]

Mormons, bwah ha ha!

Looks like Maryland and West Virginia are safe. Score! Though in Maryland we've got the worst drivers in the world. And in West Virginia...well, you know those mountain people...

[cornfields.livejournal.com]

Though in Maryland we've got the worst drivers in the world.
WORD.

[miggy.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Big Fucking Caldera block covers over to here, too.

"Oh my god, why would you live somewhere that would be taken out within a few seconds of that explosion?!"
"Because the rest of the globe would be operating under end-of-the-dinosaurs conditions and the living would envy the dead."
"..."
"HA HA! I'M ON THE WINNING END OF THAT EQUATION, SUCKERS!"

[xerne.livejournal.com]

Heh. Good point.

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

So what's the orange box along the top of Idaho and Western Montana? I've been looking at it, and all I get is potentional erupting Mormons.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It's an extension of "Gets nasty debilitating blizzards every year," since that pretty much covers up the top half of the country. But I'm working with Paint, so you know, it ain't perfect. ;P

[welfy.livejournal.com]

I'm in the nasty blizzards section of Western PA. Wahoo!

Can I see your Pennsylvania map?

The desert has problems with fires.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Sure, it's right here.

I get really sick and tired of saying I'm from PA and having people go, "Oh, you're from Philly?" when I'm from outside of Scranton, for Pete's sake. Hence, the map. :)

[fallofrain.livejournal.com]

Don't forget, the entire planet is also at risk for a devestating impact with an asteroid, meteor or other space projectile.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yup. I say we evacuate to Jupiter. I believe it's a balmy -185 degrees there right now. :)

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

OH, well done! Bravo! Er, but you forgot Tsunamis off the Northwest Pacific coast! *g*

[teawithbears.livejournal.com]

Hopped on over from metaquotes.

I have to second the tsunami thing. Everywhere you go near the Oregon beaches, there are these bright blue tsumani escape route signs. It was funny until last Christmas.

More generally, I'm in Seattle, and wow. We've really got it all. First of all, the city is conveniently situated on right top of our own personalized and specially-made tectonic plate! Meaning we get lots of earthquakes. Which cause tsunamis. And the occasional devastating volcanic eruption. For which Mt. Rainier (happily close enough to not only asphyxiate the entire area with ash but also destroy suburbs with lava and mud flows) is about 600 years overdue. And every fall we get huge wind storms and trees fly around and houses fall down and people die. Also we have really bad flooding because of the rain every year. The number of people that off themselves because of the 100+ straight days of rain every winter is another thing entirely. As are our vast numbers of those touting the Book of Mormon. There's a huge temple right up the road from my high school.

On the other hand, we have large amounts of caffine, a flannel-laden musical history, beautiful forests, and... um, the dubious honor of hosting not only Microsoft but also several really crappy sports teams?

I should move. But where?

[wer-bin-ich.livejournal.com]

Aww the nor'easters in Maine aren't all that bad! Living in the freezing cold without power for a week just toughens you up! hehe.

[kirana-44.livejournal.com]

Maine is wonderful isn't it?

Today, you are my favorite.

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

(g)

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, I always think of Altoona first. Don't know why that is, though.

[idadebeautreux.livejournal.com]

I think of Harrisburg.

Probably because we often stayed at the Days Inn there on our many trips from NY heading to various points south.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

All I can think of looking at the map is: "hey at least I told live near the mormons!"

[topaz08.livejournal.com]

LMAO! I'm moving from Tornado Alley to Desert and Stuff!!! Beautiful.

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

I know I'm saying this partly out of self-interest, since I did live there for a while, but... No Hawaii? It's ultra-screwed, when you consider that it could be hit by hurricanes, volcanoes, and/or earthquakes/tsunamis at any given time..

(And then there's Alaska, which you could call "Frozen Hell"...)

Or, were you just sticking to the contiguous 48 states and DC?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I just did what I could come up with for the first map I Googled, I guess. *shrugs*

Although you certainly have a point with both of them. ;)

[minisinoo.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! Best damn answer yet.

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

Oh. For Indiana, you forgot humidity.

If you don't think it's killer, you haven't tried to weed in it. @_@

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt the humidity in Indiana can battle Florida.

[othersideofthis]

Here from a link from someone else's journal, and I just wanted to say that this cracked me up -- I needed it, after the scores of depressing posts and articles I've seen today.

(Your PA map also cracked me up. I grew up about 45 min. east of Pittsburgh, have been in central PA for the past 4 years for college, and have been in Philly for a total of maybe 30 minutes while waiting to transfer to a train to Baltomore -- and that was probably 30 minutes too much for me! People seem to forget about the rest of this poor little state sometimes.)

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Great icon.

LOL, Mormons.

[azzinita.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yeah, in Az you have 110+ temps, in New Meixco we catch on fire every year, and Texas is well, Texas. :)

[adjectivegirl.livejournal.com]

BAHAHHA you win at everything and I'm running this mofo to metaquotes like that.

[so-jayded.livejournal.com]

Here from metaquotes...

Hey, now! Rhode Island's the safest state in the union.

[ninjakitten]

Only because there's not enough state there for natural disasters to fit. O:)

[princessdot.livejournal.com]

~at first read that word as "morons" and thought it was pointing at us's in EarthQuake Country~

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

*here from metaquotes don't forget California for MUDSLIDES.

[alienchrist.livejournal.com]

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

Well, Houston's hurricanes hit Galveston first, so it's not so bad...

But it is REALLY HOT and VERY HUMID.

:D

[duia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but with all of our industry, when the bombs drop, we'll take out half of the eastern seaboard with us. It'll be a nice massive chain reaction, no?

[ijk.livejournal.com]

Priceless!